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licante-Elche airport bosses say that they are looking forward to a bumper record-breaking summer, with a 14 percent rise on the number of flight seats being offered for the high season which starts this Sunday and runs until October 31st.

Airport manager, Santiago Martínez-Cava, says that they forecasting a total of 13 million passengers at Alicante-Elche this year, a seven-hundred thousand rise on what was a record figure for 2016.

The projections come in the 50th anniversary year for the facility at El Altet, with the rises strongly down to UK holidaymakers who do not appear to be concerned about lower exchange rates in the wake of Brexit. Britishbased tour companies are

offering five million seats during the high season, a 17 percent rise on last summer, as they continue to switch resources from North African and Turkish resorts due to terrorism fears.

Four point nine million seats have been reserved purely for the UK market, but there have been massive percentage rises for other countries. Over half a million seats are destined for Swedish travellers, a hike of 36 percent, and that’s followed by a 24 percent boost for connections to Holland, meaning that 716 thousand seats are earmarked for that country.

66 thousand flights are scheduled over the next seven months, with a total of 203 routes which include new links to Lisbon,

BY ALEX TRELINSKI Toulouse, and Marseilles, and a rise of 15 links altogether compared to last year’s peak period. There’s a fourteen percent rise on the number of seats offered to European locations, but there is also a 10 percent hike in domestic seating, plus eight percent to and

from North Africa.

The biggest destination in terms of seats is Gatwick Airport, with over 801 thousand seats on offer, but there have been big increases logged for the high season on connections with popular places, Barcelona and Birmingham.

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eading Spanish politicians gathered on parliament's steps in Madrid yesterday for a minute's silence for the victims of Wednesday’s terror attack in London, among them a British national with Spanish ancestry.

At the same hour, officials and residents (pictured) of the north-western Galicia region town of Betanzos stood in silence in memory of 43-year-old Aysha Frade, one of the attack victims and whose mother was born in the town.

In a posting on its Facebook page, Betanzos

council said that "Aysha was the daughter of a Betanzos resident and was linked by family and emotionally to our

town."

Betanzos declared three days of official mourning for the victims, with flags on offi-

cial buildings, including the town hall and parliament being flown at half-mast as a mark of respect.

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A murder investigation has been launched after the body of a 71-year-old woman was found at a San Pedro del Pinatar address on Sunday by Guardia Civil officers.

It appears that she was assaulted in the course of a burglary, with the Cartagena coroner confirming that she had suffered

physical violence at her home on Calle Alcalde Jose Maria Henarejos.

Her son got suspicious on Sunday morning when she did not answer her phone and went round to her home and discovered the front door open with her body on the bed and furniture drawers ransacked, resulting in him calling for help.

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have been charged and released on bail, with a variety of drugs discovered in the building, as well as sofas, televisions, and gaming consoles designed to make the sessions of drug taking more sociable.

Three thousand euro of drugs were seized in the Guardia raid, which, amongst other items, also uncovered a fifteen-hundred euro stolen bicycle which has been returned to the owner.

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Seven Los Montesinos residents aged between 21 and 35, have been arrested by the Guardia Civil after a raid on an address in the town which was used to sell and consume drugs.

Surveillance operations on the building led to the arrests and subsequent charges of breaking of public health laws, with a 16-yearold child being taken to their parents.

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Torrevieja's new Starbucks Coffee outlet at the Habeneras Shopping Centre opened at the start of the month without having submitted any legal documentation to begin trading there, according to Torrevieja activities councillor Fanny Serrano.

Serrano said that the first the authority had heard of Starbucks opening was when she was invited to the official opening via social media, and no paperwork had been submitted to the council.

The outlet had to close for a time whilst documents

Going Forward Murcia's regional government is going ahead with tendering the management contract for Corvera airport, even though no deal has been reached with San Javier's operator, AENA, over any timetable to close it down, in addition to compensation payments over a new runway installed there a few years ago.

The 25 year management contact for Corvera is expected to have at least three bidders, according to infrastructure minister, Pedro Rivera (picture), based on inspection visits made to the site last spring.

The minister claimed that passenger numbers for the first year at Corvera would be around half a million, with figures rising to three and a half million over the 25-year contractual term. He said that around a third of the passenger numbers using Alicante-Elche airport come from the Murcia region, which meant that the new facility at Corvera would be able to pick up those people

in the future.

Rivera was unable to say when the airport would open, and another uncertainty is the political situation in Murcia, with the future of the Partido Popular administration lying on a knife-edge after Ciudadanos pulled out of their coalition due to corruption allegations against the President, Pedro Antonio Sánchez López.

were eventually submitted with Serrano then approving the reopening of the business.

Starbucks said that they had followed everything that they were told to do at the outset and were surprised by the authority's actions.

Hot Pursuit

A motorist who ended up being chased for 15 kilometres by five police and Guardia Civil cars between Mil Palmeras and Torrevieja, is set to have the book thrown at him on a whole series of motoring offences.

The unnamed driver sped off on the N-332 northbound last week after local police officers spotted the vehicle making various strange manoeuvres in Mil Palmeras, and with the motorist refusing to stop, the chase was on.

He drove through a number of red traffic lights and hit the curbs of several roundabouts at speed, as five police and Guardia units were scrambled from Pilar, Orihuela, and Torrevieja to try and stop him.

One Orihuela local police car was hit as it tried to block his way, and his high-speed journey was stopped in the vicinity of Torrevieja's Park of Nations area, with the motorist now facing a variety of charges. What led him to start the chase is unclear at this stage.

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Factory Blaze

Firecrews from Almoradi, Torrevieja, and Orihuela grouped together and spent four hours trying a get a blaze under control at a warehouse unit on an industrial unit in the Cox area.

The fire happened last Friday early evening

on the San Fernando industrial estate off the N340 road at the Novvo factory, which makes bathroom and shower furniture and accessories, with many of the materials being flammable.

The factory employs around 80 people, and

Show Some Respect

The mayors of Redován, Algorfa, Jacarilla and San Miguel de Salinas have come together to launch a national campaign to stop women being harassed in the street with sexist and foul language, or even forms of physical assault.

Redován mayor, Emilio Fernández, called for Spain to create a law over "street harassment", which is

already in place in Australia, Belgium, Peru, and Argentina, whilst other countries are looking to introduce similar legislation.

Fernández was joined by his counterparts Manuel Ros from Algorfa; Ángel Sáez from San Miguel; and the Jacarilla mayor, Pilar Díaz, all supporting the campaign message.

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thick smoke could be seen for a number of kilometres in the Cox and Callosa areas. The fire was stopped from spreading to other units, with firefighters managing to prevent the blaze from hitting the major production area of the Novvo complex.

Rounded Up

A 26-year-old thief operating around the Playa Lisa area of Santa Pola has been detained and charged by the Guardia Civil in connection with eight thefts.

Most of the stolen items, including bicycles, have been reunited with their owners, with the Guardia arrest part of an ongoing operation against robbers in the area, which has seen a total of three people detained for 40 alleged robberies.

A 35-year-old Irish national and his 28-year-old British girlfriend have been arrested after the Guardia Civil uncovered a big marijuana farm in the underground garage of their Catral housing complex.

104 plants were discovered along with sophisticated watering, ventilation and lighting systems. All of the gear was seized in addition to a couple of sawn-off shotguns, ammunition, and a crossbow. The address of the farm was not disclosed.

Guardia agents were tipped off that an illegal plan-

tation was based in the town, with officers detecting a strong smell of drugs before they raided the building. The couple have been charged with a variety of drugs and weapons possession offences, before being released on bail.

A Guardia spokesman said:-“The shotguns were found in a small case that caught the eye of investigators. The barrels had been sawn-off which is illegal.

One of them was loaded with two of the 30 cartridges that was also found, ready to be used.”

Lights Off

Torrevieja will join many municipalities across Spain this Saturday evening in turning off its lights to commemorate the "Earth Hour", which is part of the international movement to deal with climate change.

Environment councillor, Fanny Serrano, said it would be the second year that the council was getting involved, and the slogan this year was "Planet First. Let Nobody Stop You".

Torrevieja's Town Hall lighting will be switched off between 8.30 and 9.30 pm, along with those in the adjoining Church of the Immaculate Conception, and the Virgen del Carmen Cultural Centre.

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Bike Death

A 27-year-old motorcyclist died on Sunday morning when he crashed into a lamppost on a Torrevieja street. The fatality happened just before 7.00 am on Avenida Rosa Mazón close to Aquapark, and he is said to have been an ex-member of the local Civil Protection group.

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Clubbed To Death

Prosecutors have called for an 18 year jail term for a Romanian man who confessed to beating his 42year-old girlfriend to death in El Altet in November 2015, with the trial scheduled to start this week.

The 47-year-old man appeared in a drunken state at an abandoned cottage that they were squatting in and assaulted her using a variety of implements, and then left the scene and told a passer-by what had happened, before the police were called in. The homeless

couple had been in the area for some three weeks, having previously squatted in Villena and Almansa.

Emergency services discovered on arrival that the dead woman had been repeatedly beaten, with her boyfriend admitting that he had hit her in the past.

Prosecutors at the Provincial Court in Elche also want him to pay 150 thousand euro in compensation to the woman’s family. He has been kept in custody for the last 17 months at Fontcalent prison.

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Lopez Bailed

The son-in-law and chief suspect in the killing of the CAM bank chairman's widow, Miguel López, has paid a 150 thousand euro bond to get out of custody at Fontcalent Prison. His passport, however, has been confiscated to prevent him leaving Spain.

Last December, López is believed to have shot María del Carmen Martínez, 72, at close range inside her landrover, which was parked on the

forecourt of the Alicante City dealership, Novocar, which the family owns.

Her late husband, Vicente Sala, amassed a fortune founding rubber companies in Latin America and was head of the now defunct CAM savings bank, which was taken over by Banco Sabadell.

A family feud is suspected of being behind the killing, since although María del Carmen was due

to, and did, inherit Sala's global empire upon his death, she placed her son, also called Vicente Sala, in charge and intended for him to be the sole beneficiary and manager of it when she eventually passed away.

This upset her daughters, and her grandchildren who allegedly wrote to her saying they 'did not want to see her ever again' because of the 'hurt she had caused their mothers'.

Cars On Parade The National Police has arrested two men for five street robberies which involved them using violence and threatening to use guns in order to steal mobile phones and money from children in the Orihuela City area.

Investigations have taken place over the last three months, with two men aged 19 and 25, of Moroccan and Columbian nationalities being arrested last week.

Residents of a Heredades home got a surprise visitor recently when they discovered a one and half metre-long horseshoe whip snake in their property on Calle Nido.

Rojales local police were called in to remove the snake, which is native to Spain, Portugal, and North Africa, and had it taken to an animal sanctuary in Alicante.

Payback Time

Phone Thieves Four people were arrested by the Rojales local police and the Guardia Civil after they smashed into the Yoigo mobile phone shop on Avenida de la Vega Baja in Rojales, and helped themselves to a clutch of phones.

A passer-by alerted police to what was going on, and a nearby patrol car caught them in the act, backed up by the local police from Formentera and the Guardia Civil from Almoradi.

Six opposition Partido Popular councillors on Torrevieja council will have to pay back a total over 33 thousand euro in overpaid allowances that had accumulated over 16 months.

Torrevieja mayor José Manuel Dolón said that the overpayments were down to a clerical error, and had run

until last December, which means that each of the councillors owe the authority five and a half thousand euro each.

Dolón noted that none of the PP representatives had drawn any attention to the fact that they were getting over 300 euro a month more then they should have.

Eight new cars are to be leased by Orihuela’s local police over the next three years at a cost of 380 thousand euro.

The Nissan Qashqai vehicles come with a full maintenance deal, and three of the cars will be based in the Orihuela Costa area.

The vehicles were paid on

display at Orihuela City’s Plaza del Carmen and inspected by local dignitaries including mayor Emilio Bascuñana.

The Orihuela police fleet will remain at 21, with the new vehicles replacing cars that have had their leasing contracts come to an end.

Some vehicles continue to

be owned by the council, and are now aged up to 15 years.

Those cars based on the Orihuela Costa will also be able to take advantage of improved communications that will be installed in an area which has offered poor or non-existent “walkietalkie” coverage for officers.

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Cab Wars

A Cabify car was overturned and smashed up by 10 people in the early hours of last Saturday morning in the latest incident in the ongoing nationwide protest against carpooling companies such as Uber and BlaBlaCar. Taxi drivers have already staged at least one strike in Madrid, and

Pets Protected

Spain has fallen into line with a 1987 European Convention for protecting pets which means the removal of dog tails, along with cropping ears, cutting vocal chords, and removing claws and teeth are now banned.

Parliament passed a law, against the wishes of the ruling Partido Popular, which stops the practice of removing parts of a dog’s tail, known as docking, which is often justified by hunters as a way to prevent their pet from collecting burrs or brambles that could cause them pain or infection.

another took place all day in Barcelona last week.

Drivers in the city condemned the attack on the Cabify driver, saying their demonstrations are nonviolent. Taxi drivers in both cities are against the carpooling schemes because they say these are undercutting them and will put them out of business.

Killer Bed

An 87-year-old woman died on Monday after being trapped in a folding bed in Valencia City. The victim was killed almost instantly as the bed snapped shut at a house in the Torrefiel area of the City, with paramedics unable to do anything apart from confirm her death.

Coughing Up The parents of three children are to pay for cleaning up the graffiti sprayed last month on the walls of Alicante Province’s oldest castle at Callosa de Segura, which dates back to the 10th century.

The youngsters were

Users of BlaBlaCar, Cabify and Uber say traditional taxi-drivers need to move with the times and accept that competition will always be a fact of business life. Those who use the schemes say they are ideal for longer-distance runs, costing just ten percent of what a traditional taxi would charge.

tracked down after a police employee spent a long time trawling through social networks to find out who they were. Callosa local police praised the quick response of the parents over their children’s reckless behaviour.

She had been staying in the guest room at her daughter's house, who was about to wake her up to take her to a medical centre appointment when she witnessed the horrific scene.

Emergency services found her sandwiched in the bed without a pulse.

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Extended Time

A stop on home repossessions for 'vulnerable' householders will continue until 2020, and new measures have been included in the Banking Code of Good Practice as added consumer protection.

Whilst in theory, anyone on the verge of losing a home through inability to pay the mortgage is a 'vulnerable' householder, until now this only included those with children aged three or under.

Now, it applies to owners with children aged under 18, and to any member of the household who is a blood relative or relative by marriage up to the 'third degree', or third generation, and who is disabled, seriously ill or a dependant.

The Code of Good Practice, additionally, includes the option for the affected householders to rent the home which has been repossessed 'in favourable conditions', for a maximum

annual cost of three percent of the market value of the property as shown by a valuation funded by the mortgage lender.

Spain's finance minister Luis de Guindos said this week that a new law will be introduced before the end of the year which will feature measures aimed at the affected owner getting back the ownership of his or her repossessed property that he or she is now renting.

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Courses For Horses The first equine Shiatsu course held in Spain raised 695 euro this month to help ensure the safety and protection of neglected and abused horses.

The course, held at the Rojales-based Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre, was led by Finnish equine Shiatsu instructor Susanna Tuisku, assisted by Rita Uotila and Anne Hakala, who all donated their time and flew in from Finland especially for the event.

Over two days, participants were introduced to the concepts of equine Shiatsu and practiced their new skills on the centre’s rescued horses and donkeys.

“It was amazing to see the reactions when you actually did find the right place to touch – everybody waiting for a yawn or a lick and chew,” said Nicole Weinand, a participant.

Gold Winner

HELP Vega Baja every year hands out a special gold and silver collection tin award to the bar or business that ends up with the largest amount of money in the charity’s red boxes.

This year’s gold award

went to Bar UK in Torre de la Horradada, with owner Karen Dixon picking up the honour from red box coordinator, Lynn Stimpson (both pictured). Hoops Bar in Guardamar were the recipients of the silver

award.

“Boxes are available in 63 places around the area, and last year over 2,200 euro was raised for the charity”, said HELP President Michelle Masson.

Pink Boost

Costa Comedy

The sun shone down recently on a big event for Maria and the Pink Ladies, as over twelve-hundred euro was raised for the cancer charity fundraisers at the Emerald Isle, La Florida, Orihuela Costa.

Local entertainers gave up their time free of charge, with financial donations from a variety of people helping to boost the very impressive final total.

Fayre Enough The Gran Alacant and Santa Pola Theatre Group (GASP) are well into rehearsals for their next production, Just The Ticket.

It’s a locally-written three act comedy which centres around an expat trying to

maintain a low profile on the Costas, but an old acquaintance, two young ladies and the housekeeper are about to change all that!

Performances will be at the Salon de Actos, Santara Resort, Gran Alacant on

Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th May, with curtain up at 7.30 pm, with proceeds going to Cruz Roja in Santa Pola.

For tickets, contact David on 966 181 113 or 628 774 461.

MABS Date

The Torrevieja Christian Fellowship (TCF) are holding their annual Spring Craft Fayre at their headquarters on Avenida de las Cortes Valencianas in Torrevieja on Saturday April 1st between 1.00 pm and 3.00 pm.

A selection of hand-crafted items, including cards, jewelry, knitted items, and cushions will be for sale, along with home-baked cakes and scones, bric a brac and nearly new clothing.

Under The Hammer This coming Monday (March 27th) will see MABS celebrating the first anniversary of their shop and centre on Avenida Ramon y Cajal, 12, in San Javier.

There’ll be a special cake and a draw to win a bottle of bubbly, as well as the first day of new season clothing and accessories available to buy.

The opening hours are Monday to Friday between 10.00 am to 2.00 pm.

For more details send them an email to mabsmurciapr@hotmail.com

It reall will be a case of “going, going, gone!” this Tuesday in the HELP Murcia Mar Menor auction taking place this Tuesday (March 28th) at La Zona

Bar in Los Alcázares.

Items can be brought to be sold between 11.00 am and 1.00 pm, with viewing taking place at 2.30 pm, with the auction starting an

hour later.

Auction fees will be donated to HELP Murcia Mar Menor, with more details available on 637 920 882.

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Up In Smoke

Effigies of US President Donald Trump and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, were among hundreds of sculptures that went up in flames on Sunday at the end of the spectacular Las Fallas festi-

val in Valencia City.

The annual tradition marks the change of seasons with a five-day fiesta commemorating Saint Joseph, the patron saint of carpenters.

Hundreds of sculptures

were scattered across the city for the public to view and vote to elect their favourites, with only one or two saved from the bonfire to join a select number of ninots at the local Fallas Museum.

The Other Side

Several thousand people, many waving Spanish and Catalan flags, protested in Barcelona on Sunday over a move by the Catalunya regional government to try to break away from the rest of Spain.

Demonstrators marched under banners bearing

slogans such as "No to Independence" and "Stop the Coup" -- a reference to the regional government's plan to hold an independence referendum, which the central government in Madrid says is unconstitutional, by September.

It was the first protest

staged by the Catalan Civil Society, a platform set up in 2014 to oppose independence for Catalunya.

Barcelona council estimated that six and a half thousand people people took part in the march, whilst organisers claimed that 15 thousand were involved.

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Adoption Corner

The Barking Problem

CINDI Cindi is a delightful little Chihuahua cross that was found on the campo a fortnight ago. She is in good health and is great with other dogs and would make the perfect companion for anybody. Cindi is around one- year- old and weighs in at around six kilos. For more details about her and to meet her, then call Pets in Spain on 645 469 253. www.petsinspain.com

CLEO Cleo is a beautiful medium-sized female dog that is aged around two years, who is really good with other dogs. Cleo is currently being fostered in a home with other cats and dogs and she gets on well with both. She is a happy dog who loves life and everyone, and is very affectionate. For more details about Cleo, please call PEPA on 650 304 746 or Email: p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail.com

PRINCESS Princess is one of two beautiful short-legged German Shepherd crosses that K9 have available for adoption. Her brother David is similar in size and character. She is 18 months old and appears very intelligent and eager to please.Ideally, K9 would like them to be re-homed together as they have been companions since birth and get on very well together. If you could give Princess and David a forever home, then call the K9 Animal Shelter on 600 845 420.

SOCKS

Socks is an adorable four- month-old puppy who was rescued from the perrera along with her siblings. She is a lovely dog who is currently weighing in at around four kilos, and she will stay small reaching a weight of no more than eight kilos. She is really lovely, very affectionate and great with the other dogs and cats that she is fostered with. If you think you could offer Socks a home, please call PEPA on 650 304 746 or email p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail.com

One of the biggest questions often asked of dog behaviourists is, “How do I stop my dog from barking?”Dogs who bark a lot are doing so because they are releasing excess, frustrated energy. Many of the dogs that are barking behind fences, up and down the Costa Blanca and Costa Calida are doing so because they have not been exercised properly.

Some of them probably never even get to the other side of that fence to explore the world, like they need to. There are many people who believe that if they just leave their dog in the garden all day, then that will be a substitute for a walk, but it won’t. Dogs who are not getting enough exercise, will build up excess, frustrated energy and when they do, that energy has to be released somewhere.

Some dogs release their energy by chasing their tails, which is very sad to watch. That is a dog who is at its lowest. It’s similar to watching a human rock back and forth in distress. Other dogs will become obsessed by something, to release their energy. Some can become aggressive, but most will just bark and that is why Spain is full of barking dogs - not enough exercise.

A dog’s cycle during a day is really simple. They wake up in the morning and first of all they need exercise and I mean proper exercise, not a quick walk around the same old block. After exercise, they then rest for about an hour and after that they eat their first meal of the day. They will

TAMMY Tammy is a four-year-old, medium-sized female dog.

She is a quiet, shy dog who copes better in a calm environment. Tammy would be the perfect dog for an older person, who wants a companion as she likes to be with one person, instead of a lively family. To arrange to meet Tammy and to learn more about her, then please call APAH on either 630 422 563 or 616 210 850.

then go into a resting mode, until the afternoon or evening when they repeat that process again.

Exercising a dog is vital in keeping them calm and balanced. Along with exercise, they need consistent rules that they need to follow each day, just like we have. When talking about rules for a dog, we are essentially talking about guidance, not “do this and do that” etc.

Promoting calmness instead of excitement is a rule. A dog’s natural state is calm.

Finally you should make sure that you are giving your dog affection when they are calm.

Many people give their dogs affection when they are doing something wrong. Many people stroke a dog, to try and get them to stop an unwanted behavior, but all that will do is snowball into that negative behaviour!

Dogs want to see and experience the world just like we do.

How would we be if we were stuck in our houses every day and hardly ever got out to meet people or take part in our favourite activities? The answer to that is we would become grumpy and snappy, just like a dog would. Your boundary is your patio fence and you can’t go any further, which would not be a great experience if that’s all you had.

Two really good walks a day will make the difference, and if you fulfill a dog’s need, then you will have a beautiful calm friend for life!

TULA Tula is a four month old dog that was brought into the SAT kennels with her four siblings, from an unwanted litter. She is a large cross breed and is now fully vaccinated and micro chipped, and ready for her forever home. If you would like more information about Tula then please contact the SAT kennels on 966 710 047 or emailinfo@satanimalrescue.com

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No Deal Rajoy The Spanish government will give nothing in exchange for disarmament of the Basque militant terrorist group ETA, according to Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.

Reports coming out of France suggested that ETA were set to announce plans to disarm and have scheduled a full handover of weapons for April 8th.

The group, which has killed more than 800 people over several decades and declared a permanent ceasefire six years ago, has been severely weakened in recent years after hundreds

of its members were arrested and police seized several weapons stashes.

"ETA has made the umpteenth announcement and says it will disarm ... it won't be in exchange for anything," Rajoy said last weekend during a Partido Popular meeting in the Basque Country.

The group has attempted to broker deals in exchange for disarmament on several occasions but the Spanish and French governments have refused to work or negotiate with them, insisting only that they hand over their arsenal.

Dubbed Off Spanish voiceover actors who are used to dub popular US and British TV shows are staging a series of one-day strikes, with claims that they are getting paid the same fees that they could have got 25 years ago.

Unions representing 400 actors contractual terms have been broken by their employers, and are calling for overtime and holiday pay rate hikes, as well as in improvement to end-of-contract redundancy payments.

Voiceover artists work on essentially a freelance basis, with job contracts

lasting days or even hours, meaning they are not fulltime, permanent employees of their firms but are called in, for example, to dub one episode of a series at a time.

Their job terms are covered by an agreement signed eight years ago between unions and industry bosses, and which has never been updated. Over 16 meetings have been held between employee representatives and the main umbrella firm since the end of February, with no significant steps forward and the 'constantly management

stalling for time', according to the unions.

Little Lynx An Iberian Lynx has been born for the first time ever in the DoĂąana National Park in Huelva province thanks to a breeding programme trying to increase the numbers of this endangered species.

Adelfa, the oldest female lynx in the conservation scheme, gave birth at the start of last week (pictured cradling the baby in the middle), but breeders only announced the news some days later once they knew the cub was doing well.

Carers have to keep a close eye on all the new mums,

since first-time Iberian lynx mothers often abandon their newborns.

A total of 23 opposite-sex breeding pairs are being cared for in AndalucĂ­a,

Extremadura, Castilla-La Mancha and over the border in Portugal, and the animals are kept in conditions very close to those of their natural environments.

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Rising Butano The cost of an orange butano gas canister went up by five percent this week, which means that prices have gone up by 20 percent in just under a year.

Government-set prices only apply to orange gas bottles, although a few euro' extra is charged when these are on a contract and delivered door-to-door.

The lighter, silver bottles bought from distributors directly or from petrol stations are not subject to State-regulated prices, and retailers are permitted to charge what they wish.

A typical orange bottle used by householders for

heating and cooking has gone up to 13.52€ from the previous price of 12.89€ up to Monday, although the fuel industry says it should really

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have increased by 14 percent up to 14.74€. National laws prevent gas bottle prices from rising or falling by more than five percent.

Pool Delay

The Cambiemos de Orihuela (Change Orihuela) party has attacked Orihuela council over their priorities for local beaches, after claiming that tons of sand are being moved to protect the privately-owned beach bars, as opposed to taking the whole of the beaches

into account.

Cambiemos say that they have pictures of a tractor being used to move sand to “build a fort” at the beach bar of the Chiringuitos del Sol franchise operator, and they want to know whether Orihuela council sanctioned the work, or actually did it

themselves.

The party added that environmental damage had been done, which was either paid for by municipal budgets, or that a private contractor was acting, with or without the council’s approval, “against of the heritage of the beaches”.

Bomb Sentence Torrevieja’s indoor swimming pool at the Palacio de los Deportes will not be reopened until September, which means that it would have been closed for a year for urgent maintenance work, including a revamp of the filtration system.

However, Torrevieja sports department says that the outdoor pool will reopen on June 1st, with sporting clubs being given formal notification from the town hall that the indoor facility will not be ready until the autumn season.

Alicante Provincial Court has sentenced a Crevillente man to 15 years in jail, after he tried to kill his ex-wife by planting a bomb in her car because he did not want to pay 600 euro a month for child maintenance.

As previously reported, the homemade

device exploded in the vehicle, whilst on an Elche street, in November 2014, with the woman suffering burns and injuries that took four months to heal. He has also been ordered to pay 29 thousand euro in compensation.

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Homes & Gardens

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Food & Drink

Rustic Cheese Croquettes Ingredients 1 ½ cup skim milk 4 Tbsp butter 1 onion, chopped ½ cup whole wheat flour 2 hard boiled eggs 1 cup white cheese Egg and breadcrumbs to coat ½ cup Extra virgin olive oil Sea salt and nutmeg to taste Method Heat the milk in a saucepan or in the microwave. Set aside. (This step is not necessary, so you can use cold or room temperature milk.)

Chop the onion very thin and put in an already heated pan with butter and one tablespoon of oil. Sauté over low until translucent, about two minutes.

Turn heat up to and add the flour, stir and leave for a couple of minutes to brown.

Add the milk gradually while constantly stirring with a whisk or a wooden spoon to avoid lumps.

Add the eggs and chopped cheese, and add salt and nutmeg to taste, add.

Put it in a bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Let cool.

When cooled, spoon the dough and make croquette

forms with your hands.

Roll each croquette in the

flour, egg and breadcrumbs.

In a skillet with enough hot

oil or in a fryer, fry the croquettes until brown on both

sides.Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate and serve.

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Mediterranean Spaghetti with Garlic and Peppers Sauce

Ingredients 6 cloves garlic 8.5 oz whole grain pasta 6 oz red peppers 4 dried tomatoes 1 ½ cup tomato sauce 2.5 oz feta cheese 4 Tbsp Extra virgin olive oil Oregano Salt and pepper to taste Method In a non-stick frying skillet heat the oil. Add chopped garlic and cook about thirty seconds.

This is just enough time to allow the flavor to

mellow into the dish, and let the aroma to hit its peak.

Then, add the peppers and dried tomatoes; stir. When done, add the tomato sauce and oregano. Season salt and pepper to taste.

We recommend you to leave it over heat for at least 5 minutes in order to absorb the taste of vegetables. Mix the sauce and set aside.

Cook the spaghetti in water with salt. When cooked al dente (for authentic "al dente" pasta, boil uncovered, stirring occasionally for 4 minutes), drain it.

Add the spaghetti sauce, grate cheese on top, add more oregano and serve.

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Food & Drink

Spiced Moroccan Lamb Filo Pie Ingredients: 5-6 sheets Jus-Rol™ Filo Pastry Sheets 1 tbsp oil 1 onion, diced 500g lamb, minced 1tsp cinnamon 1tsp mixed spice ½ tsp ground cumin 100ml water or lamb stock 75g dried apricots, diced Salt & black pepper 50g butter, melted 50g pine nuts Handful of fresh parsley, roughly chopped Method: Follow pastry preparation instructions. Preheat oven to 190°C (170°C for fan assisted ovens) Gas M5.

Heat oil in a pan and gently sauté the onion, then add the lamb and brown.

Once the lamb is browned, stir in the spices and add the water.

Continue cooking over a medium to low heat for approx.

15 minutes until water has been absorbed, stir in the apricots and season to taste.

With a slotted spoon, remove meat mixture, place on kitchen paper to drain and cool.

Return pan to medium heat, add the pine nuts and allow to brown slightly, stirring all the while, remove from pan

and allow to cool.

Lightly brush one sheet of filo pastry with melted butter and place in ovenproof dish.

Allow the excess pastry to hang over the sides, then repeat with two more sheets, placing them so that the dish base and sides are covered and any excess is draping over edge.

Combine the pine nuts with the meat and a good handful of chopped parsley, put on top of the pastry, spreading it evenly over the base.

Spanish Creme Caramel Ingredients For the caramel: 2 tsp water 2 Tbs white sugar For the flan: 1 1/4 cup milk Peel of 1/2 lemon 1 cinnamon stick 4 Tbs brown sugar 2 eggs Method Preheat oven to 350 F. Pour the water and sugar into a saucepan and place over a low heat. Stir until the sugar has dissolved.

Turn up the heat and boil to make a dark caramel.

Divide the caramel between four individual moulds and set aside to cool.

Break the eggs into a large bowl and whisk until frothy.

Put the milk, lemon peel, and the cinnamon stick into another saucepan.

Heat and add the sugar.

Bring the mixture to the boil. Remove the lemon peel and cinnamon stick.

Add the beaten egg slowly,

whisking all the time to prevent it from sticking to the saucepan.

Before the mixture reaches boiling point, pour it into the moulds through a sieve.

Cover the tops of the moulds with foil and transfer to a roasting tin. Pour cold water into the roasting tin until it comes half-way up the sides of the moulds.

Bake for 20 minutes, mak-

ing sure the water does not boil.

Once the creme caramel is cooked (it should be firm to the touch just) leave to cool in the water.

Remove from the water and chill in the fridge.

When ready to serve, loosen the flans with a round-bladed knife.

Carefully turn the creme caramel out of the moulds and serve.

Fold in the excess pastry so that it starts to cover the filling, brush again lightly with melted butter.

Now lightly brush a further filo sheet and tear it down its length into strips.

Allow the strips to drape or fold over the top of the pie in ‘waves’.

Continue with one further filo sheet, brush top very lightly again and bake for 15-20 minutes or until pastry is golden.

Serve and sprinkle with some parsley if desired

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Health

Sitting on vibrating platform could be as effective as regular exercise, say scientists

Sitting, standing or lying down on a vibrating platform could be just as effective as regular exercise, a new study has found.

The activity known as whole-body vibration is less strenuous than climbing a hill or cycling, but may provide similar benefits, said researchers at Augusta University in Georgia.

Tests on mice showed vibration helped them maintain muscle and bone health, with obese and diabetic mice experiencing the same positive effects from both vibration and regular exercise.

“Our study is the first to show that whole-body vibration may be just as effective as exercise at combatting some of the negative consequences of obesity and diabetes,”

said Meghan McGee-Lawrence, who led the research.

“However, because our study was conducted in mice, this idea needs to be rigorously tested in humans to see if the results would be applicable to people.”

During whole-body vibration, muscles contract and relax multiple times per second.

Vibration plates and electronic abdomen muscle stimulators are already widely available, but there is some debate over how effective they are.

The mice were made to walk for 45 minutes on a treadmill with a slight incline or spend 20 minutes on a whole-body vibration machine every day for three months.

While no significant difference was seen in young, healthy mice, both walking and whole-body vibration enhanced muscle mass and insulin sensitivity in genetically obese mice.

The obese mice also gained less weight after both types of activity than a third group who did no exercise at all, said the study, published in the journal Endocrinology.

“While whole-body vibration did not fully address the defects in bone mass of the obese mice in our study, it did increase global bone formation, suggesting longerterm treatments could hold promise for preventing bone loss as well,” said Dr McGeeLawrence.

More than a quarter of adults in the UK are obese. Obesity, can raise the risk of serious conditions including type 2 diabetes heart disease and some types of cancer.

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Boosting the immune system with Vitamin D Did you know that there were no public studies done to determine the safety and effectiveness of the flu vaccine before introduction to the public? Needless to say,that there are no valid scientific studies that demonstrate that flu vaccines actual work.

The reality is that every year more and more people receive the flu vaccine, yet there is no correlating decrease in the yearly rate of infection. Instead, there is solid evidence that vaccines cause severe disease.

The main danger of flu vaccines is that they contain deadly chemicals such as mercury and highly inflammatory materials from gluten, soy and animal tissue. There is substantial evidence that vaccines are the cause of the rising incidence of allergies seen today.

Infections increase in the winter months due to low levels of vitamin D resulting from low winter sunlight. Sunlight converts a compound in the skin into precursors of Vitamin D. Vitamin D plays a significant role in maintaining health and is well known for keeping the bones strong.

But Vitamin D is also critical for the immune system.

Studies show that White blood cells convert Vitamin D into the active form Calcitriol which is necessary for producing proteins that destroy bacteria such as tuberculosis bacteria.

A landmark study has also demonstrated that the formidable protective cells in the body called T cells are very reliant on Vitamin D to maintain their protection of the body. T cells are the primary defence cells in the body with the capacity to destroy a broad range of microorganisms, including viruses.

These D cells have antennae that are receptive to Vitamin D and continually seek out Vitamin D, which attaches to the

antenna and activates them. And if these defence cells can find and attach themselves to Vitamin D, they will remain healthy and perform their job.

Another study showed that women with low levels of vitamin D are five times more likely to suffer from cancer than women with normal levels of Vitamin D. Low levels of Vitamin D is a feature of every type of cancer. Vitamin D is known to regulate cell growth and stop the spread of abnormal cancer cells.

The best source of Vitamin D is sunlight, and only about 15 - 20 minutes of summer sun is required to receive the neces-

sary daily dose of Vitamin D. Vitamin D supplements are helpful in the winter months, even in Mediterranean countries such as Spain, where the winter months although bright and sunny, are too cold for adequate sun exposure. The Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) of Vitamin is about 10 - 15 IU daily. Pure Vitamin D liquid is preferable to Vitamin D tablets.

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Ibuprofen: Calls for sales restrictions Ibuprofen should not be sold over the counter, researchers have said after discovering it increases the risk of cardiac arrest by 31 per cent.

The common painkiller, currently available in supermarkets and corner shops, is a type of medicine known as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen found other NSAIDs, such as diclofenac, present an even greater risk of cardiac arrest – when the heart suddenly stops pumping blood around the body.

Gunnar Gislason, who led the study, called the findings a "stark reminder that NSAIDs are not harmless" and said ibuprofen and similar drugs should only be sold in pharmacies, in limited quantities and in low doses.

“Allowing these drugs to be purchased without a prescription, and without any advice or restrictions, sends a message to the public that they must be safe,” he said.

“NSAIDs should be used with caution and for a valid indication. They should probably be avoided in patients with cardiovascular disease or many cardiovascular risk factors.

“I don't think these drugs should be sold in supermarkets or petrol stations where there is no professional advice on how to use them.”

The study, published in the European Heart Journal, adds to previous research on the risks of NSAIDs. In 2013, researchers said one year's high-dose treatment with ibuprofen and diclofenac, used by hundreds of thousands of arthritis sufferers in the UK, leads to three avoidable heart attacks and one fatal heart attack for every 1,000 users.

Professor Gislason and

his team found diclofenac, which was available over the counter in the UK until 2015, raised the risk of cardiac arrest by 50 per cent. It is currently only available on prescription.

Sales of over-the-counter painkillers amounted to almost £600 million in the UK in 2015.

The Danish investigators studied data on all patients who had an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the country between 2001 and 2010.

For each patient, use of prescribed NSAIDs during the month before a cardiac arrest was compared with use in the 30 days leading up to that point.

In the 10-year period, 28,947 patients had an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Of these, 3,376 had been treated with an NSAID up to a month beforehand.

Use of any NSAID raised the likelihood of cardiac arrest by 31 per cent and ibuprofen and diclofenac, the two most commonly used NSAIDs, raised the risk by 31 per cent and 50 per cent respectively.

The drugs exert numerous effects on the cardiovascular system, such as influencing platelet aggregation and the formation of blood clots, that could help explain the findings, said the researchers.

They may also cause arteries to constrict, increase fluid retention and raise blood pressure.

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In The Clear Alicante Provincial Court has cleared Benidorm’s Terra Mitica park of any wrong-doing after an Icelandic teenager died in July 2014, when his safety harness came undone whilst he was riding the Inferno rollercoaster.

The 18-year old was on holiday in the Torrevieja area with his family, and they had travelled to the theme park for a day out when tragedy struck when he was doing the ride with his father and brother.

A Benidorm court had already dismissed the case last year, with the Provincial

Court upholding the verdict last month, according to a report in the ABC newspaper.

Both courts said that were no design defects with the

ride and that health and safety standards were properly upheld.

It was the first death at Terra Mitica since it opened for business in 2000.

Burglars Busted A 15-strong gang of home burglars that struck in Orihuela and Torrevieja, as well as in Alicante, Murcia, and Cartagena, have been arrested by the National Police.

Authorities say the investigation that was launched in the middle of last year is still open, with those detained aged between 27 and 40 and of Cuban, Moroccan, Romanian, and Spanish nationalities.

Stolen items would then be shipped over to Morocco, the investigation resulting in five arrests being made in February after the crooks

struck at a Cartagena address and then looked to pass on some jewellery to their Moroccan contacts.

Police officers arrested them as the items were

being transferred, and then a few days later, ten more people were detained after a break-in was discovered at a property in the Rosales area of El Palmar.

Busier Plant World Water Day was commemorated this week at the Pilar de la Horadada water purification plant with a visit

by Spain’s environment minister, Elena Cebrián.

Accompanied by Pilar mayor Ignacio Ramos, she was given a tour of the facilities, which will be expanded further to create the largest sludge recycling plant in Alicante Province.

A new pumping station at Pilar is also going to be created to boost the current plant at Los Caballos in Orihuela, which will specifically improve purification and sanitation for the Orihuela Costa area during the busy summer season.

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An old fibre- cement roof which is used as a shelter at a Dolores school playground is to be replaced over the Easter holidays.

Dolores mayor, José Joaquín Hernández, visited

the Virgen de los Dolores school along with Valencian education officials last week, emphasising that the work would be carried out at time which would cause no disruption.

Big Trap One of the busiest speed cameras in Spain is in the Murcia area, according to the Association of European Drivers, making it the fourth biggest money earner in the country.

The camera is on the RM19 Murcia to San Javier motorway at Balsicas, with the best part of 30 thousand motorists caught out every year since the speed limit on that stretch is 100 kilometres per hour, as opposed to the regular motorway limit of 120 km/h.

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Las Fuentes de Algar

By Julie Day A visit to the Algar Waterfalls or ‘Las Fuentes de Algar’ is a definite must on your list of things to do whilst in the Alicante region, especially if you have children or are adventurous and love nature. Only 30 minutes from the built-up area and crowded conglomeration of Benidorm, the waterfalls offer a peaceful and relaxing haven in the midst of the surrounding mountains.

This natural phenomenon consists of a 1.5km circuit of waterfalls, tolls (natural pools) and rocky caves all set amongst a stunning scenery of exotic plants, flowers, and woodland. This area has been declared a natural wetland and is now protected by the Valencian Government.

As soon as you enter the natural park you will come across the first of the tolls (pools of water). Those daring and strong enough will be able to swim through a narrow gap between two rocks and enter a cave into which the most majestic of the waterfalls falls into.

From here there is a steep climb (by steps) up to the first level of the area. This is a fairly arduous ascent for those that are not reasonably fit and can leave you gasping when you reach the top. There are, however, places to stop and catch your breath on the way up.

The main attraction of the first level is the large pool and diving board situated 2m above. Obviously the water in this pool is extremely deep. The whole day you will see children and adults jumping or diving off the board into the pool of clear, crystal water, with the most daring performing somersaults and back flips.

Moving along from the diving board area is the first part of the circuit where you can actually walk through the riverbed, practically right the way up to the top waterfall and the source of the river Algar.

The water in most parts is shallow but in some areas can come up to your thighs (if you are short). Trekking along the riverbed is immense fun, as you’ll cling to branches as you move along and step over rocks and boulders on the way.

Before you reach the source of the river, you will encounter three or four natural pools, each with their own waterfall. Here, there are areas to sit and sunbathe plus pathways for the not so brave, who prefer to carry out the journey on foot.

General advice

 The water in the pools is absolutely freezing – be prepared for this.  There is a strong current the nearer to the waterfalls you get – only strong swimmers should swim right up.  To save money, take a picnic.  The riverbed is rocky and many rocks have algae growing on them, making them slippery to walk on. Take extreme care when crossing the riverbed.  To protect your feet and to make things a lot easier, wear waterproof shoes that enclose the feet rather than flip flops, which may end up falling off and floating away with the current!

Directions to the Fuentes de Algar To get to the waterfalls from Alicante take the A7 motorway to Benidorm and come off at exit 65A – Benidorm Poniente. Follow the signs to Callosa d’en Sarrià, passing through the villages of La Nucia and Polop. Pass through the village of Callosa d’en Sarriá and when you come to the main roundabout, take the second exit (CV715) into Bolulla Road. Continue approximately 2km, turn right, and follow the signs for the Fuentes de Algar for a further kilometre.

Entrance  Adults 4,00  Seniors 3,00  Children (4 – 10 years) 2,00  Children (0 – 3 years) Free  There are discounts for groups of more than 20 Opening times The waterfalls are open all year round, however, due to the coldness of the water, it is best to visit in July and August.

Dec – Feb: 10am – 5pm Mar, Oct, & Nov: 10am – 5.30pm Apr – Jun: 10am – 6pm Jul – Aug: 10am – 7.30pm Sept: 10am – 7pm

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Friday 24th March 2017 Events Calendar

Friday 24 March, 2017 Rojales Javier Elorrieta Quintet (Part of the Music Without Frontiers festival).

Friday 24 to Sunday 26 March, 2017 Guardamar de Segura Yoga Mar Festival.

Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 March, 2017 Alicante MEDSEA - Exhibition of water-based equipment, at the IFA. Sunday 26 March, 2017 Guardamar de Segura Half marathon.

Orihuela Historic walk, “Me llamo barro aunque Miguel me llame”.

Friday 31 March, 2017 Rojales Carlos Piñana concert (Part of the Music Without Frontiers festival).

Torrevieja Free colon cancer testing, Hospital Quirónsalud Saturday 1 April, 2017 April Fools Day Torrevieja TCF Spring Fayre, Avenida de las Valencianas,68.

San Miguel Vivace Concert, Casa de Cultura.

Sunday 2 April, 2017 Pilar de la Horadada “Welcome Spring” Flower market.

Discover the beauty of Vilafamés during the Festivities of its Patron Saint The historical complex at Vilafamés was declared an Asset of Cultural Interest, and it belongs to the network of the "Most Beautiful Towns in Spain".

The Patron Saint Festivities in honour of Saint Michael in Vilafamés are held on the fourth Sunday of Lent with a pilgrimage to the hermitage that bears the same name and where the patron saint of the town, the Archangel Saint Michael, is venerated.

When the pilgrims return to the town, a procession of crosses is held, in which children participate by carrying crosses made from heather wood. The festivities stretch from Thursday the 23rd to Monday the 27th of March with a number of events in which fine cuisine, fun and celebrations are guaranteed.

Thursday 6 to Saturday 8 April, 2017 Orihuela Costa Padel competition at the CDM.

Go-kart circuits, an inflatable castle, a kick-o-metre, a face painting, dancing and balloon twisting workshop for children, and a mobile disco, parades, wine tasting events, amateur bull runs, shows and much, much more for visitors wishing to spend an unforgettable weekend in one of the most beautiful towns in Spain.

Friday 7 April, 2017 Rojales Jaume Vilaseca Trío & Mar Vilaseca (Part of the Music Without Frontiers festival).

The titles boasted by this town in Castellón did not come cheap. One of its main attractions is its historical and monumental heritage, which includes both civil and religious buildings. Its historical town centre was declared an Asset of Cultural Interest in 2005, and it belongs to the network of the "Most Beautiful Towns in Spain".

Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 April, 2017 Alicante Manga event at the IFA.

Among the main attractions in this town, the castle of Vilafamés, which was originally built by the Arabs and which overlooks the town from its lofty vantage point, stands out in particular. The 14th century walls, the Iberian settlement of Los EstrechosEl Rincón de Rata and El Cuartijo, the area located at the foot of the castle, which hosts the oldest buildings in the town, such as the Casa de la Villa or the Iglesia de la Sangre, are also worthy of note.

A Little Different Courier reader Rob Barnes has been out and about again, this time sending his report of what sounded like a great little event.

Friday, Saturday and Sunday last week, bought residents and visitors alike, to the narrow, winding streets around the Church in Pilar de la Horadada.

The annual Medieval Market again offered appetizing food, hot bread, cheeses, teas and infusions to cure every know aliment.

Candles, incense from around the globe, intricate jewellery and mystic stones of supernatural qualities, were all on sale. The youngsters were well catered for, with roundabouts, mini "Big" wheels, all pedal powered (No electricity it them there days!) and games that kept the very little ones, happily amused.

Bars were kept busy as visitors sat and enjoyed both the medieval market atmosphere, and some glorious Spanish sunshine.

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TRELI ON THE TELLY WITH ALEX TRELINSKI

I can't believe that The Last Kingdom finished series one some 16 months ago, and it was one of the surprise drama hits of 2015 with a good old rumbustious tale of occupying Danes on the shores of Britain involved in a conflict with the various domestic kingdoms.

It's great to have it back on BBC 2 for a second run, and once you picked up all the plot lines and the big cast of characters, it was very much a case of normal service resumed.

Taken from Bernard Cornwell's extensive series of Saxon Stories novels, our hero is Uhtred (Alexander Dreymon) who is an orphaned son of a Northumbrian lord and is raised as a Dane. The first series saw him trying to get to grips with having a foot in both camps, as he tries to plot revenge to get back what is his in the North-East of England, as well as helping out King Alfred down in Wessex. It's a good mix of drama, humour, action, and old-fashioned plotting in a quality show that is much more than some kind of

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Game of Thrones clone. It's very different, and quite rightly so. It's also a prime example of how to do a historical caper compared to the 18 million pounds that ITV wasted last year on the useless Beowulf.

What is it about dramas leaving us with a strange ending? Only last week The Replacement finished up as a muddle, and now SS:GB last Sunday on BBC 1 left key elements totally up in the air. It was an uneven series after a good opening, and then after two very slow episodes, it did go up the gears for the last two exciting instalments. The ending featured many changes from the Len Deighton novel, which beggars the question whether such freedoms detract from an adaptation and what the author wanted in the first place. I sense there was an element of leaving the options open for a follow-up series, but I don't sadly don't think it did enough over the full series to warrant a recommission if that's what the producers had in mind.

There are two great

crooked cops shows in the last couple of decades, namely The Shield from the States, and the fantastic Line of Duty which returns to BBC 1 this Sunday night.

Shades of Blue (back on Sky Living) features a dirty cop (Ray Liotta) and his colleague (Jennifer Lopez) who are caught in a barrel-load of trouble, with the FBI using them to try to uncover even more wrong-doers. The whole premise is ridiculous with loads of gasping stretches in the stories, but Liotta and Lopez are captivating, and like in The Shield, you do root for the law-breakers (who should know better) to get off the hook.

Five USA is currently running the final series (albeit nearly a year late) of Person of Interest, which under the stewardship of Christopher Nolan and J.J Abrams mixed in crime fighting with a fascinating narrative on the power of society and Big Brother watching over us. I know there is a reasonably satisfying ending and if you are looking for box set to try out, then go for this show

which has worked well on so many levels.

The story goes that French and Saunders turned down a million big ones to present The Great British Bake Off when it starts on Channel Four this

year, but I have to say that the combination of Sandi Toksvig and Noel Fielding should be a good laugh, and with Mary Berry's replacement being the highly respected Prue Leith, there may still be some life left in

the GBBO despite the understandable anger of the channel switch last autumn.

I won't write it off yet until we see it on screen, but there's no way it will get the stellar ratings that it received on BBC 1.

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Friday Harriet is questioned by the police after yesterday's events.

Meanwhile, Laurel is furious with Doug.

Elsewhere, Marlon caught off guard.

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Monday Laurel is relieved that Ashley is safely back at the care home. There's also a heartfelt moment when he and Laurel dance together, both losing themselves in the music.

However, it's not all good news for the family because Laurel is still struggling to forgive Doug after he made a crass comment about Ashley last week. Will their fatherdaughter relationship ever be the same?

Meanwhile, Bob receives some devastating news.

Elsewhere, Harriet realises how much pressure Cain is under when she spots him comforting Debbie.

Tuesday Debbie notices that Faith is still upset over her distant relationship with Chas, so she tries to fix things herself by setting them both up to get together.

Will Debbie's peace-making efforts be a success?

Meanwhile, Harriet manages to find Cain - just before the police do - with a bag full of stolen phones.

She's livid to find herself

involved in his scheme, but Cain cheekily offers her a cut, which she refuses.

Cain warns Harriet not to confess, leading to an argument between the Friday As Peter helps pair.

Toyah with her IVF injecElsewhere, Arthur tion, she tries to bury her suspicions about the becomes unwell. money. Soon afterwards, Wednesday Debbie goes when a cash buyer arrives ahead with her plan by at the pub, Peter is leaving Chas and Faith stunned to see that it's alone together to iron out Chloe and Steve and Liz are considering her offer. their differences.

Chas and Faith are both brutally honest as they have a heart-to-heart and it eventually looks like they've made up. However, when Faith pulls away as her daughter tries to hug her, Chas feels rejected all over again. But why did Faith pull away, and can she fix things before it's too late?

Peter angrily steers Chloe outside and orders her to stay away from both him and the street. Ken clocks their exchange. Finding Chloe alone, Ken approaches her and Chloe explains she's had a row with her "boyfriend" Peter.

Taken aback, Ken invites her back to Number 1 to talk.

Meanwhile, Arthur becomes even more unwell, but Laurel stubbornly decides not to turn to Doug for help – still angry over his comments last week. Arthur also tries to save Laurel any more stress by lying that he's fine.

Chloe spreads her poison, telling Ken how she and Peter are having an affair and he's drinking again.

She also reveals that she lent him ÂŁ2,000 and she's planning to buy the pub simply to stop Peter from ruining his life.

assures them that he hasn't touched a drop of alcohol. He also explains that the 'affair' with Chloe is pure fantasy on her part, but they refuse to believe a word.

Peter rails at Ken, accusing him of wrecking his life.

Desperate to prove his innocence, Peter begs Chloe to stop playing games and set the record straight. Will Chloe agree?

Later, Toyah meets up with Toby and tells him she's left Peter. As she climbs in Toby's car, Peter watches and is gutted. At his wits' end, Peter marches into The Rovers and snatches a bottle of vodka.

As Peter eyes the bottle of vodka longingly, he reaches a decision. Will he return to the bottle or not?

At the same time, Toyah ruefully admits to Toby that Leanne was right about Peter. But as he drives her home to collect her belongings, Toyah has a sudden change of heart and decides that Peter needs her. Can Toby convince her otherwise?

Thursday The Thomas family surprise Laurel with a family talent show to cheer her up and Doug hopes he's making progress with his daughter.

Later, Ken's in turmoil after rows with Peter and Tracy, as well as dealing with the weight of Daniel's pain over the loss of Sinead's pregnancy.

At the same time, Bob is with Ashley at the care home, but Ashley takes a turn for the worse when he has a violent coughing fit and finds blood on his hands.

Wednesday Toyah, Leanne and Simon demand to know if Peter's been drinking.

Ken is horrified, and with a heavy heart, he breaks the news to Toyah of Peter's drinking and affair. Will Toyah believe what she's Meanwhile, Jai connects being told about Peter? with a young woman called Nell at an NA meeting Meanwhile, in tears, when she reminds him of Sinead tells Daniel that Holly. However, events she's had a miscarriage take another twist when and he's free to go to Nell vanishes with Jai's Oxford. Daniel hugs her, wallet. devastated.

Laurel is devastated to find out that Ashley is ill and she seeks comfort from Doug.

Will Ashley pull through?

Monday Devastated by Peter's apparent betrayal, Toyah takes comfort from Leanne.

Peter begs Leanne and Simon to hear his side of the story and

Peter admits being tempted due to Chloe's lies, but he swears he resisted.

sion over their future. What will Denise decide to do?

Elsewhere, Whitney tries to support Tina through the Sylvie situation.

Monday With Preston focusing his attentions on Bex once again, Michelle gets jealous and intervenes by implying to Martin that Preston isn't right for his daughter.

Michelle's interference backfires when Martin is confused by her behaviour, and things only get worse for her when Preston announces that he and Bex are now officially a proper couple.

Later, as night falls on the Square, Michelle's secret is about to be exposed.

How will the truth come out?

Thursday The aftermath of recent events sends shockwaves across the Square.

Meanwhile, an unexpected incident turns the lives of one Walford family upside down.

Dom and Isaac clash professionally over a patient's treatment, leaving Dom to reconsider their personal relationship.

When Dom takes a stand against Isaac, he finds himself at the receiving end of his boyfriend's temper.

Meanwhile, Tina finds out that social services are coming to assess Sylvie tomorrow. Wanting to improve Sylvie's mood, Whitney suggests throwing a '60s-themed night for her and asks Bex to perform.

Elsewhere, Kush supports Denise when only a few people turn up for her community meeting, but they struggle to resist each other.

Tuesday Michelle's world crashes down around her now that the truth is out.

Meanwhile, Rosie and Sophie are perturbed to overhear Kevin admit to Anna that his money troubles are so bad that he may not meet the mortgage payment.

As the pressure on Michelle increases with family and friends all reacting to her secret, she loses control with disastrous consequences.

Rosie informs Sophie she's secured a glamour shoot with a fee that would significantly reduce Kevin's debt, but Sophie thinks it's a bad idea.

Meanwhile, Denise tells Kush that she only wants them to be friends, but he makes his true feelings perfectly clear and urges her to make a final deci-

Meanwhile, Serena finds it increasingly difficult to escape her grief when a patient arrives on AAU, serving as a reminder of Elinor's recent death.

When Jasmine discovers some vital information about the patient, she finds herself in Serena's crossfire all over again.

Elsewhere, when Ollie wakes up in the on-call room next to Jasmine, he immediately panics as to what he got up to in his drunken state the night before. Forced to reflect on his relationship with Zosia, Ollie makes an important decision about their future.

Friday TV 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 The Housing Enforcers 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Fugitives 12:45 Fake Britain 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Code 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Money for Nothing 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 Comic Relief 2017 East London’s O2 stages the centrepiece of Comic Relief as Lenny Henry, Jonathan Ross, Sally Phillips, Rob Beckett, Romesh Ranganathan, Warwick Davis and Miranda Hart front a night of fundraising fun and games.

French and Saunders, Reeves and Mortimer, Matt Berry and Catherine Tate all perform, while Johnny Vegas and Joe Lycett take over the cooking and serving duties at a local pizza restaurant what could possibly go wrong? James Corden presents an exclusive Car Pool Karaoke from LA with Take That, and the cast of Love Actually fast forward 13 years into `Red Nose Day Actually’. There are also exclusive treats from Mrs Brown, Alan Partridge, Peter Kay and David Walliams, live music by Ed Sheeran, Rag ‘N’ Bone Man and Emeli Sande, and reports from an array of celebrities on the work being carried out to aid disadvantaged people across the UK and Africa.

23:00 News 23:35 Comic Relief 2017 03:30 Weather For The Week Ahead 03:35 News

07:00 Flog It!: Trade Secrets 07:30 Fugitives 08:15 Money for Nothing 09:00 Back to the Land with Kate Humble 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Two Tribes 14:30 Building Dream Homes 15:00 The TV That Made Me 15:45 Who Do You Think You Are? 16:45 More Creatures Great and Small 17:15 Natural World 18:15 Bargain Hunt 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 The Hairy Bikers’ Comfort Food 20:00 Great Continental Railway Journeys Michael Portillo leaves Europe behind to take in the sights, smells and tastes of North Africa as he travels from the Mediterranean port of Tangier to the Berber city of Marrakech.

21:00 Gardeners’ World Monty starts his plans for his revamped courtyard garden when he plants bare root trees.

21:30 Only Connect Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the first semi-final.

22:00 Wild Ireland: The Edge of the World The odyssey continues as Colin Stafford-Johnson completes his journey along Ireland’s Atlantic rim, exploring the wildlife and mountains around his home inlet of Clew Bay. 23:00 Comic Relief 2017 23:40 Newsnight 00:15 Robot Wars 01:15 Britain at War: Imperial War Museum at 100 02:15 Film - Puppet on a Chain (15)

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07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Chopping Block 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale Laurel is furious with Doug.

07:00 Countdown 07:45 The King of Queens 09:05 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:05 Frasier 11:05 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 13:00 News 13:05 Vet on the Hill 14:05 Posh Pawn 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 13:10 News 13:15 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Film - Love You to Death 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News

20:30 Unreported World Marcel Theroux investigates the resurgence of the Russian Orthodox Church, accompanied by a movement that promotes family, God and country, but which has a darker, intolerant side.

20:00 The Gadget Show Britain’s Got Talent 2014 finalists The Addict Initiative are on hand to help Jon Bentley test the latest wireless earbuds, Georgie Barrat uses technology to focus on improving nutrition for Monkey Tree FC, and Ortis learns about immensely powerful quantum computers.

21:00 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces George and Will Hardie meet the daughter of a survivor of a World War II Japanese prisoner of war camp and uncovers an immaculately illustrated guide to building a 1930s caravan, painstakingly created by her dad while held in captivity.

21:00 Tony Robinson: Coast To Coast Tony visits the Lake District, where he meets one of the last tenant sheep farmers, gets an exclusive tour of the only inhabited island on Derwentwater, learns how to cook chutney and gets a rare sighting of a red squirrel.

22:00 Lethal Weapon A string of burglaries hits close to home for Murtaugh when one of them occurs in his own backyard.

22:00 Gogglebox The eagle-eyed armchair critics share their opinions on what they have been watching during the week.

The programme captures their instant reactions and lively discussions from the comfort of their own homes.

22:00 Film - Fury During World War II, a battle-hardened army sergeant leads the crew of a Sherman tank on a deadly mission behind enemy lines to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany. (14)

23:00 The Nightly Show 23:30 News 00:15 Play to the Whistle 01:15 The Nightly Show 01:40 Jackpot247

23:00 The Last Leg 00:05 First Dates 01:05 How’d You Get So Rich? 01:50 Rude Tube 02:45 Film Damien: Omen II (18)

20:30 Coronation Street Peter and Toyah are gazumped.

21:00 Judge Rinder’s Crime Stories Examining the case of businessman Andreas Christopheros, who in 2014 was working at home while his wife and their 18-month-old son slept in the next room.

When Andreas answered a knock at the door, a man threw a beaker full of sulphuric acid directly into his face before disappearing.

While doctors battled to save Andreas’ life, detectives set out to catch the person responsible and discover his motive for such a heinous act.

21:30 Coronation Street Ken drops a bombshell on Toyah.

Victoria Wood to be celebrated and remembered in Our Friend Victoria on BBC One

BBC One and BBC Comedy Commissioning have announced a series dedicated to the body of work from the much loved and highly revered comedian, writer and actor Victoria Wood.

Our Friend Victoria is a six-part series in which Victoria’s archive is introduced and celebrated by her friends, peers and co-stars.

Victoria’s rich and varied career spanned four decades, won her a raft of awards including six BAFTA’s and deep affection from the British public. This is a chance to honour and appreciate her most iconic work all over again alongside some re-discovered treats.

Julie Walters (Victoria Wood: As Seen On TV), Michael Ball (That Day We Sang) Maxine Peake (Dinnerladies) Daniel Rigby (Eric And Ernie) and others to be announced, will each present an episode of the series dedicated to the star.

Jim Broadbent, Conleth Hill, Anne Reid, Thelma Barlow, Celia Imrie, Ted Robbins, David Threlfall, Shobna Gulati and Aisling Bea will also be amongst the many other guests talking about their love of Victoria.

Shane Allen, Controller, BBC Comedy Commissioning says: “British comedy lost its most prolific and multi-talented star last year.

Victoria was unparalleled in what she achieved as a creator, writer, character actress, sketch and sitcom performer, director, singer, songwriter and stand-up – she did the lot with a unique humour and a broad appeal common touch. Close colleagues from across her career guide us on a celebration of Victoria’s finest work so we can revel in her brilliance once more as her work and influence will live on for a long time to come.”

Produced by Phil McIntyre Television and executive produced by Lucy Ansbro and Lindsay Jex. The BBC commissioning editor is Rachel Ashdown.

Our Friend Victoria (6x30’) will air next month on BBC One marking the one-year anniversary of Victoria’s death.

00:35 Film - Schindler’s List (15) 03:45 SuperCasino 05:00 The True Story 05:45 House Doctor 06:10 Housebusters 06:35 Wildlife SOS

07:00 You’ve Been Framed! 07:25 Who’s Doing the Dishes? 08:15 Ellen DeGeneres 09:00 Emmerdale 10:00 You’ve Been Framed! 10:35 Psych 11:25 Below Deck 12:20 Who’s Doing the Dishes?

13:25 Emmerdale 14:30 You’ve Been Framed!

15:00 Ellen DeGeneres 15:50 Jeremy Kyle 18:00 Judge Rinder 19:00 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Film - Hellboy II: The Golden Army (14) ITV 3 07:00 You’re Only Young Twice 07:25 Heartbeat 08:25 Where the Heart Is 09:25 The Royal 10:30 Judge Judy 11:50 A Touch of Frost 14:05 Heartbeat 15:05 The Royal 16:05 Where the Heart Is 17:15 You’re Only Young Twice 17:50 Doctor At Large 18:20 On the Buses 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Doc Martin 22:00 Agatha Christie’s Marple ITV 4 07:00 The Sweeney 07:50 Hogan’s Heroes 08:50 The Professionals 09:50 Ironside 10:55 The Sweeney 12:00 The Chase 13:00 Counting Cars 13:55 Pawn Stars 14:50 Hogan’s Heroes 15:55 Ironside 18:00 The Sweeney 19:05 Counting Cars 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 Goodwood Members’ Meeting 22:00 Film - Terminator 2: Judgment Day (15)

Joanna Lumley returns to India TV has commissioned a three-part documentary series, Joanna Lumley’s India, from Burning Bright to air this Autumn.

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Independence of India and 2017 is also the “UK-India Year of Culture,” marking the close ties between the two nations. Keen to embrace the celebrations, Joanna will take us back to the country of her birth to enjoy the vibrant nation that it is today.

A year older than Independent India itself, Joanna was born in India into the last days of The Raj and India was home to both sides of her family for several generations. It’s a deeply personal journey for her, as she spends time in the place where her maternal grandparents lived during the 1920s and 30s, when her grandfather, Lieutenant-Colonel Leslie Weir, was the Political Officer of Sikkim, Bhutan and Tibet. It was where her mother lived when she was small and so holds a strong family connection for Joanna.

Joanna will travel the length and breadth of India, over 5000 miles, for an immersive and extraordinary exploration of its diverse landscapes, different cultural traditions and

incomparable spirit.

Discovering how independence has shaped it into the constantly evolving and endlessly fascinating country it is today.

Meeting a diverse mix of people, Joanna will draw on her connections and experience to celebrate her own family history and memories along the way.

Joanna’s epic journey will celebrate the beauty, wildlife, people, culture, history, modernity and rich diversity of this unique land.

Joanna says: “I am thrilled that ITV has given me this opportunity to travel the length of the country of my birth.”

Clive Tulloh, executive producer at Burning Bright says: “Joanna Lumley is currently making the very best travelogues on British television.

There is no-one better to guide the ITV viewer through this amazing country."

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Turkey With Simon Reeve

Sunday - BBC1 The hit police corruption drama returns for a fourth series. When DCI Roz Huntley (Thandie Newton) captures a serial killer, Forensic Coordinator Tim Ifield (Jason Watkins) alerts AC-12 to a possible miscarriage of justice.

Series four of the hit drama, written and created by Jed Mercurio, begins with DCI Roz Huntley and her team in the thick

of a career-defining case, Operation Trapdoor.

Under intense pressure to catch the culprit and prove herself to her superiors, and facing conflict with her colleague, Forensic Coordinator Tim Ifield, it’s not long before AC-12 decide to probe her handling of the investigation.

A mother of two and wife to husband Nick (Lee Ingleby), Roz will do anything to stop her life unravelling. Anything.

Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway Saturday - ITV Ant & Dec are back for another action packed show featuring Stephen Mulhern, Scarlett Moffatt and superstars Take That in a very special End Of The Show Show.

Places on the plane will be given out to some very lucky people in the Happiest Minute of the Week and for the first time this series the Takeaway Photobooth is back!

Suspicion rises in The Crown Jewels as we get one step closer to finding out who MaskFace is.

Ant versus Dec returns and travels back through time to the medieval era as they try their hand at archery.

There are some big surprises in store for the audience and another lucky player gets to Win the Ads in the only show that says don’t just watch the adverts - win ‘em!

Sunday - BBC2 Adventurer and presenter Simon Reeve is on a journey around Turkey, a land of beauty and extremes in a unique position at the crossroads between Europe and Asia. In this two-part series for BBC Two Simon discovers a country undergoing dramatic and fundamental changes.

On the first leg of his journey Simon travels from Istanbul, along the Aegean coast and on to the hostile border with Syria. He meets the billionaire businessman taking advantage of the Turkish property boom, the Syrian refugees trying to carve out a new life, and the builder constructing one of the world’s biggest mosques.

The second part of his journey takes Simon from the beautiful Taurus Mountains, north to the Black Sea Coast and via the nation’s capital comes full circle back to Istanbul. In the Northern Highlands he visits the community keeping an ancient whistling language alive; in the volatile South he witnesses the shocking effect of fighting in Kurdish areas and in Istanbul he takes part in a globally popular television drama, set in the palace of the Ottoman Sultans.

Saturday TV 07:00 Breakfast 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30 Mary Berry Everyday 13:00 Football Focus 13:30 Money for Nothing 14:00 News 14:15 Bargain Hunt 15:15 Escape to the Country 16:15 Film Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death 16:45 Film - Brave 18:10 The National Lottery: Who Dares Wins 18:50 News 19:10 Pointless Celebrities

07:20 The A to Z of TV Gardening 08:05 Film - A Damsel in Distress 09:40 Film - Hue and Cry 11:00 12:00 World Natural Homes Under the Hammer 13:00 Two Greedy Italians 14:00 Talking Pictures 14:45 Film - The Wooden Horse 16:25 Flog It! 17:00 University Challenge 17:30 18:00 Connect Only Gardeners’ World 18:30 Natural World

19:55 Let’s Sing & Dance for Comic Relief It’s the final, and six star acts who have been voted for by the public and the panel will sing again all hoping to be crowd champion. Plus, a panel of comedy legends including Rufus Hound and Jason Manford, and music from Zara Larsson and Dua Lipa.

19:30 Wild Ireland: The Edge of the World Colin heads Stafford-Johnson north from Clew Bay for Donegal.

20:30 When Lynne Barber Met Phyllida Barlow Lynn Barber interviews sculptor and art teacher Phyllida Barlow, whose work has been selected to represent Britain at the 57th Venice 21:25 Casualty Robyn pre- International Biennale this pares to meet her baby for year. the first time but struggles with Charlotte’s condition. 21:00 Grand Tours of the Charlie is taken aback Scottish Islands Paul when Duffy invites Robyn to crosses the great natural live with them without first harbour of Scapa Flow to asking him. the island of Flotta.

22:15 All Round to Mrs Brown’s Agnes and the family are joined by celebrity guests, including Pamela Anderson, Judy Murray, Louis Walsh. Also, there is lots of audience shenanigans and music from James Blunt.

21:30 Dad’s Army An enemy aircraft crash-lands in the local reservoir.

Rego: Paula 22:00 Secrets and Stories A unique insight into the life and work of celebrated painter Paula Rego.

23:15 News 23:35 Film Pirates of the Caribbean: At 23:30 QI XL 03:10 Weather World’s End (PG) 03:10 for the Week Ahead 03:15 News Weather 03:15 News

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07:00 CITV 10:25 News 10:30 Alphabetical 11:30 Film - Carry On: Follow That Camel (PG) 13:15 News 13:25 Film - Horrid Henry: The Movie 15:10 All Star Family Fortunes 16:00 Bargain Shop Wars 16:30 Tipping Point 17:30 The Chase 18:25 News 19:00 You’ve Been Framed!

07:15 The King of Queens 07:40 Mobil 1 The Grid 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:30 The Big Bang Theory 11:55 The Simpson 13:30 Extreme Food 14:00 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix Qualifying Highlights 15:50 The Restoration Man 16:35 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun 17:35 Location, 20:00 Ant and Dec’s Location, Saturday Night Takeaway Location 18:35 Grand The entertainer duo’s Designs 19:30 News weekend show continues as they welcome back the 20:00 Escape to the Takeaway Photobooth, Chateau Dick Strawbridge returning for the first time and Angel Adoree are due this series. Suspicions con- to marry in just a few tinue to rise as Emilia Fox weeks’ time, but the gets ever closer to unveil- chateau is nowhere near ing the identity of ready. Dick oversees the MaskFace, and Ant v Dec damning of the huge moat takes a medieval bent as and the installation of an the pair try their hands at eco-friendly sewage sysarchery. Plus, another lucky tem. member of the audience is given a chance to Win the 21:00 Film - The Best Ads, and Take That join the Exotic Marigold Hotel presenters for a special Seven English pensioners End of the Show Show. looking for a fresh start are drawn to an advert for a 21:30 The Voice UK Emma hotel in the Indian city of Willis hosts as the singing Jaipur, and plan to spend competition reaches its their retirement there. They semi-final stage, with the arrive to find the building voting public deciding dilapidated but are won which four acts stay to per- over by the enthusiastic form in next weekend’s young manager, and each grand final. As always, embarks on their own coaches Will.i.am, Tom, adventures in the city.

Gavin and Jennifer are on Comedy drama, starring hand to deliver their ver- Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, dicts.

Maggie Smith and Dev Patel.

23:20 News 23:35 Lethal Weapon 00:35 The Chase 23:25 Film - Robin Hood 01:30 Jackpot247 05:00 (14) 03:00 Ramsay’s Who’s Doing the Dishes? Kitchen Nightmares USA 05:50 ITV Nightscreen 03:50 The Last Leg

07:00 Milkshake 10:55 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:30 Access 11:35 Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole 13:30 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

19:25 NCIS

07:00 CITV 10:25 News 10:30 Countrywise 11:00 Peston on Sunday 11:55 Wild Australia with Ray Mears 12:25 All Star Family Fortunes 13:10 News 13:15 The Voice UK 15:05 Film - Dr. No (PG) 17:15 News 17:25 Live: FIFA World Cup Qualifier Football - England v Lithuania

07:00 Milkshake 11:10 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:45 Film - The Princess Bride (PG) 13:35 Film - The Wizard of Oz (PG) 15:35 Film - The Parent Trap (PG) 18:00 Film - Dirty Dancing (PG) 19:55 News

20:10 NCIS: New Orleans Special Agent Pride and the team investigate a Russian sleeper agent involved with Abby’s brother; Sebastian goes to Washington, D.C., to work with Abby; Bishop drives all night to deliver a package and help the New Orleans team.

21:00 NCIS The team suspects foul play when a seaman who was set to testify before a grand jury dies before he can make his court appearance.

Meanwhile, a storm causes a massive power outage, and McGee seeks a room for the night among his colleagues.

21:55 News 22:00 When Celebrity Goes Wrong Diff’rent Strokes star Todd Bridges lifts the lid on co-star Gary Coleman’s decline and fall, journalist Julie Kaufman recalls her battle with Icelandic pop star Björk, and East 17’s Brian Harvey reveals the truth about his infamous car crash.

00:55 Access 01:05 SuperCasino 05:10 The Yorkshire Vet 06:00 Inside King’s Cross: The Railway

07:00 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 07:10 Emmerdale Omnibus 09:35 Coronation Street Omnibus 11:35 Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway 12:35 Britain’s Got Talent 13:35 Take Me Out 14:50 Film - Rumor Has It ... (PG) 16:55 Mr Bean 18:05 Film Despicable Me 20:00 Scorpion 21:00 Film - Evan Almighty 23:00 Family Guy 23:30 Celebrity Juice 00:35 Family Guy 01:30 American Dad! ITV 3 10:30 Film - The Pure Hell of St. Trinian’s 12:35 Inspector Morse 14:50 Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairy Tale 16:35 Rosemary and Thyme 17:40 A Touch of Frost 20:00 Midsomer Murders 22:00 Lewis 00:00 Rising Damp Forever 01:00 Wycliffe ITV 4 10:00 Goodwood Members’ Meeting 11:00 ITV Racing 12:00 The Big Fish Off 13:00 Fishing Impossible 14:00 Pawn Stars 14:30 Live: ITV Racing - Newbury and Kelso 17:00 Pawn Stars 19:15 Fierce 20:25 Live: FIFA World Cup Qualifier Football - Portugal v Hungary 23:00 An Audience with Billy Connolly 00:05 Film Assassins (15) 03:45 ITV4 Nightscreen

Sunday TV 07:00 Breakfast 10:00 The Andrew Marr Show 11:00 The Big Questions 12:00 Sunday Politics 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:15 Flog It! 15:15 Countryfile 16:00 Escape to the Country 17:00 Songs of Praise 17:35 Shop Well for Less? 18:35 Comic Relief 2017 19:35 News 20:00 Countryfile This week’s show comes from Denbighshire, where Matt baker meets one of the country’s most successful sheep farmers while Ellie Harrison observes the spring mating rituals of grouse and goes in search of adders on the moorland.

07:00 The A to Z of TV Gardening 07:45 An Island Parish 08:15 Around the World in 80 Gardens 09:15 Gardeners’ World 09:45 Countryfile 10:45 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:15 Nigel Slater: Eating Together 12:45 Simply Nigella 13:15 Film - The Importance of Being Earnest 14:45 Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 15:15 Money for Nothing 16:00 The House That £100k Built 17:00 Back to the Land with Kate Humble 18:00 IAAF World Championship Cross Country 19:00 Inside the Factory 20:00 Robot Wars This forth heat is an explosive display of spinners as old favourites take on new hopefuls.

21:00 Antiques Roadshow Fiona Bruce presents the show from Burton Constable Hall near Hull, which is home to a col21:00 Top Gear Chris lection of treasures.

Harris, in a Bugatti Chiron, 22:00 Line of Duty Roz is attempts to cross the under intense pressure Arabian peninsula faster from her superiors to appre- than Matt LeBlanc. hend a serial murderer after months of fruitless investi- 22:00 Turkey with Simon Simon visits gation. When another Reeve young woman is abducted, Istanbul, the beaches and Roz is on the scene to track crystal clear waters of the down and charge a 24- Aegean Sea, before ending up at the war torn border year-old man. with Syria.

23:00 News 23:20 23:30 Film - Iron Man 3 (PG) 23:00 Film - Cold in July 01:30 Celebrity Apprentice (15) 00:45 Live at the USAPG 02:50 Weather for Apollo 01:15 Film - Night the Week Ahead 02:55 Train to Lisbon (PG) 03:00 Question Time Sport Today 03:00 News

20:30 You’ve Been Framed! Featuring exploding toilets, airborne chainsaws, a cat that can play the drums and Darth Vader on the loo using The Force.

07:00 Kirstie’s Vintage Gems 07:15 The King of Queens 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:30 Sunday Brunch 13:30 The Simpsons 15:00 Formula 1 Motor Racing - Australian Grand Prix Highlights 17:40 The Restoration Man 18:45 Location, Location, Location 19:40 News

20:00 Our Guy in China Guy Martin explores Beijing, ignoring the tourist traps and following his own often eccentric passions. In a backstreet bicycle shop he spends £18 on a rudi21:00 Vera The detective is mentary “Flying Pigeon”, drawn into Newcastle’s the most produced underworld to discover the machine in the world. identity of a murder victim found dead in the river, with 21:00 Rivers with Jeremy no clue as to who he is Paxman Jeremy meets apart from a distinctive the people who manage drugs wrapper. She discov- the Thames’s floods, mainers the dead man had ties tain its bridges, control its to some very dangerous locks and deal with its people, many of whom may sewage. He also makes the have wanted him dead, odd stop along the way for while a witness’s testimony entertainment. links the case to a remote farm where a murder took 22:00 Homeland Carrie place 13 years previously. catches a break; Keane The connection brings makes a plan; Max goes Kenny’s past back to haunt undercover. him.

23:05 Gogglebox 0:00 8 23:00 News 23:15 FIFA Out of 10 Cats Does World Cup Qualifier Countdown 01:00 Film Football 00:30 The Nightly Grease 2 (PG) 03:00 UK’s Show Best Bits 01:00 Best Place to Live 03:55 Rugby 01:55 Jackpot247 Great British Buildings: 04:00 The Cube 04:50 ITV Restoration of the Year Nightscreen 04:50 Building the Dream

20:00 Michael Jackson’s This Is It Months before King of Pop Michael Jackson was set to stage a spectacular comeback at London’s O2 arena, he died suddenly, under tragic circumstances. This documentary, directed by the man who was set to choreograph the highly anticipated gigs, offers a look at preparations for the shows and provides a revealing portrait of the Michael.

22:00 Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story Profile of the singer, following his development from child star with the Jackson 5 to becoming an iconic performer in his own right as an adult. The programme explores his difficult relationship with his family and makes the case that growing up in the public eye had a devastating psychological impact that he was never able to recover from.

00:05 Michael Jackson On Trial 01:05 Kings Of Pop 02:00 SuperCasino

07:00 Emmerdale 09:35 Coronation Street 11:35 The Voice UK 13:25 You’ve Been Framed!

13:50 The Hot Desk 14:00 14:05 2Awesome Guidance 14:40 Fame High 15:00 Third Wheel 15:30 LA Story 15:45 Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway 17:15 Film Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore 19:00 Catchphrase 20:00 Film Coyote Ugly (PG) 22:00 The Ibiza Weekender 23:00 Family Guy ITV 3 08:45 Heartbeat 10:50 Murder, She Wrote 12:50 The Return of Sherlock Holmes 15:10 Film - Anne of Green Gables (PG) 16:55 Agatha Christie’s Marple 19:00 Midsomer Murders 21:00 Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs 22:00 It’ll Be Alright on the Night 23:00 Rising Damp Forever ITV 4 09:15 Storage Wars 09:45 Pawn Stars 11:35 Film - All Quiet on the Western Front (PG) 14:40 Film - Bend of the River (PG) 16:30 Film The Horse Soldiers 18:55 Fishing Impossible 20:00 The Big Fish Off 21:00 Rugby 22:00 Film Ransom (15)

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07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Holding Back the Years 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Fugitives 12:45 Fake Britain 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Code 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Money for Nothing 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 Inside Out

07:30 Fugitives 08:15 Money for Nothing 09:00 The Great Interior Design Challenge 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Two Tribes 14:30 Building Dream Homes 15:00 The TV That Made Me 15:45 Who Do You Think You Are? 16:45 More Creatures Great and Small 17:15 Life Story 18:15 Antiques Road Trip 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 The Repair Shop

21:00 EastEnders Michelle reaches breaking point.

20:00 Top Gear Chris , in a Bugatti Chiron, attempts to cross the Arabian peninsula faster than Matt and a roster of money-no-object transport solutions.

21:30 Question Time An audience in Birmingham is given a chance to have a say at a hugely significant moment in British history, with the Government about to trigger Article 50 and start the process of leaving the European Union after the win for the Leave campaign in the vote held on June 23 last year. David Dimbleby hosts this special edition of the programme, which gives members of the public the chance to put questions about the implications of Brexit to a panel of senior politicians from both of the EU referendum campaigns.

23:00 News 23:45 All Round to Mrs Brown’s 00:45 Have I Got a Bit More News for You 01:30 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:35 News

21:00 University Challenge Quiz.

21:30 Mary Berry Everyday The food writer shares ideas to make everyday family meals special with no-fuss dishes and also tries her hand at milking a goat 22:00 Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby Giles Coren and Monica Galetti join the staff working in some of the most extraordinary hotels around the world.

23:00 Cradle to Grave 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 Imagine... 01:10 Incredible Medicine: Dr Weston’s Casebook 02:10 Countryfile 03:05 Shop Well for Less? 04:05 The Great Pottery Throw Down

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Chopping Block 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale Bob receives devastating news.

20:30 Coronation Street Peter’s world crumbles around him.

21:00 The Kyle Files Jeremy looks at the issue of homelessness in the UK, going undercover to experience life on the streets in Manchester.

21:30 Coronation Street Will Ken push Peter off the wagon?

22:00 Broadchurch Information from a new witness turns Ellie and Hardy’s understanding of the case upside down, while Katie discovers a crucial new link to a key suspect and Beth comes forward with new revelations. Lucas reveals what he saw on the night of the party, but Jim reacts violently and tells him to keep his mouth shut.

23:00 The Nightly Show 23:30News 00:15 Peston on Sunday 01:15 The Nightly Show 01:40 Jackpot247 04:00 Jeremy Kyle

07:00 Countdown 07:45 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:05 Frasier 11:05 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 13:00 News 13:05 Vet on the Hill 14:05 Posh Pawn 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 Dispatches Antony Barnett investigates the multinational beverage corporation, Coca-Cola, which one of the world’s most recognised brands.

21:30 Travel Man: 48 Hours in Tenerife Richard Ayoade and Lena Dunham fast forward through Tenerife, with a visit to a volcano, some stargazing, a sculpture tour, layered coffee, a spot of golf, and a whale hunt.

22:00 24 Hours in A&E A CT scan reveals some unexpected news for lorry driver Neil, who’s fallen off a ramp. Ben’s dislocated his shoulder in a cycling accident. Wendy has an open ankle fracture.

23:00 How’d You Get So Rich? 23:50 Tattoo Fixers 00:50 Three Wives, One Husband 01:50 Gap Year 02:40 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 03:30 The Supervet 04:30 Building the Dream

Monday TV 07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 13:10 News 13:15 The Gadget Show 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Film - A Sister’s Nightmare 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 MotoGP Championship Series Highlights from Qatar of the first round of this year’s world championship. Last season it was Spain’s Marc Marquez who claimed the riders’ title, seeing off competition from Jorge Lorenzo and the evergreen Valentino Rossi.

21:00 Police Interceptors Gordo and Dan unleash their tasers to help arrest a knife-wielding teenager, Jim leads five units to box in a car suspected of carrying drugs, and Tim and Tom tackle a mouthy drunk who has crashed his van.

22:00 Inside King’s Cross: The Railway Christmas holiday plans are knocked off course when a person is hit by a train near Doncaster and Christmas Eve heralds the start of an ambitious programme of engineering works.

23:00 Traffic Cops 00:00 Film - Fury (14) 02:30 SuperCasino 04:10 Yorkshire: A Year In The Wild

08:15 Ellen DeGeneres 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:35 Psych 11:25 Below Deck 12:20 Who’s Doing the Dishes? 13:25 Emmerdale 13:55 Coronation Street 15:00 Ellen DeGeneres 15:50 Jeremy Kyle 18:00 Judge Rinder 19:00 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Family Guy 22:30 The Great Indoors 23:00 American Dad! 23:30 American Dad! ITV 3 08:25 Where the Heart Is 09:20 The Royal 10:20 Judge Judy 11:45 Road to Avonlea 12:55 The Darling Buds of May 14:05 Heartbeat 15:05 The Royal 16:10 Where the Heart Is 17:15 You’re Only Young Twice 17:50 Doctor At Large 18:20 On the Buses 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Doc Martin 22:00 Foyle’s War ITV 4 08:45 Ironside 10:50 The Sweeney 11:50 The Chase 12:55 Counting Cars 13:50 Pawn Stars 14:50 Hogan’s Heroes 15:55 Ironside 17:00 The Professionals 18:00 The Sweeney 19:05 Counting Cars 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 The Chase 22:00 Parking Wars 23:00 Film - The Glimmer Man (18)

Tuesday TV 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Holding Back the Years 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Fugitives 12:45 Fake Britain 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Code 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Money for Nothing 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders Michelle’s world comes crashing down 21:00 Holby City Isaac drastically lashes out when Dom questions their relationship.

22:00 Rio Ferdinand: Being Mum and Dad Rio Ferdinand embarks on an intensely personal journey, exploring the ways bereaved parents come to terms with loss and shape new lives for themselves and their children. In May 2015, former professional footballer Rio Ferdinand’s life changed forever when his wife Rebecca passed away from breast cancer, aged just 34. In this documentary, Rio explores ways of managing grief - including his own - and discovers that the best way for parents to help their children move on with their lives is to first rebuild their own.

23:00 News 23:45 Panorama 00:15 Fugitives 01:00 Weather 01:05 News

07:30 Fugitives 08:15 Money for Nothing 09:00 The Big Painting Challenge 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 The Super League Show 14:45 Countryfile 15:00 The TV That Made Me 15:45 Who Do You Think You Are? 16:45 More Creatures Great and Small 17:15 Life Story 18:15 Antiques Road Trip 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 The Repair Shop 20:00 The Best of British Takeaways Tom Kerridge travels the country to find out what makes the best Indian curry and uncovers the trade secrets behind our takeaways. Meanwhile, Cherry Healey learns how Queen Victoria put curry on the British menu.

21:00 Stargazing LIVE Brian and Dara are headed to Australia to gaze up at a sky that is unfamiliar to viewers in the UK. 22:00 American Justice Homicide detectives find three gunmen have fired more than fifty rounds at a group of ten people including a baby, leaving one woman in a critical condition.

23:00 Inside No. 9 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 Turkey with Simon Reeve 01:15 SAS: Rogue Warriors 02:10 Further Back In Time for Dinner 03:15 This Is BBC Two

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Chopping Block 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale Harriet gets an unexpected offer.

20:30 Britain’s Busiest Motorway Traffic officers Andy and Keith are called out on the night shift to remove a cupboard from the carriageway, with the increased speed of the traffic putting them in serious danger. Back in the control room, Emily spots some loose horses causing chaos at Junction 23.

21:00 The Martin Lewis Money Show In this live special, Martin Lewis reveals the cheapest prices on the market and explains the haggling techniques that could save hundreds of pounds.

22:00 Play to the Whistle Holly Willoughby hosts the sports-themed comedy panel show, with Bradley Walsh and Frank Lampard, who are joined

by Michail Antonio, Judy Murray and Joel Dommett.

23:00 The Nightly Show 23:30 News 00:15 Prime Suspect 1973 01:15 The Nightly Show 01:40 Jackpot247 04:00 Loose Women

07:00 Countdown 07:45 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:05 Frasier 11:05 Undercover Boss USA 12:05 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 13:00 News 13:05 Vet on the Hill 14:05 Posh Pawn 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 The Secret Life of the Zoo Elderly one-eyed South African porcupine Roxy is introduced to a new, younger male called Henning, in the hope that she will find companionship in her old age. Kifaru, the oldest eastern black rhino at Chester Zoo, meets younger female Malindi, with the expectation that they will produce offspring to increase the dwindling population.

22:00 Mutiny The crew load up their barrels and kit bags for the last time and set off in the blistering heat of northern Australia to make the 1200-mile voyage to Timor.

23:00 Catastrophe 23:35 This Is Us 00:30 Gogglebox 01:30 Super Slimmers: Did They Really Keep the Weight Off? 02:25 Gillette World Sport 02:50 Mobil 1 The Grid 03:20 The Big Spring Clean 04:15 Syria’s Disappeared

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 13:10 News 13:15 Benefits 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS: New Orleans 16:15 Film - Amish Abduction 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Police Interceptors Gordo and Dan unleash their tasers to help arrest a knife-wielding teenager, Jim leads five units to box in a car suspected of carrying drugs, and Tim and Tom tackle a mouthy drunk who has crashed his van.

21:00 Inside Kensington Palace Behind the scenes of the royal residence, which is presently the official London residence of, among others, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince Harry.

22:00 Yorkshire: A Year In The Wild High up in Malham Cove, two 40-dayold peregrines must learn how to fly, while south of the North York Moors National Park, a pair of grebes carry their youngsters around on their backs. Facing unseasonably cold weather, times are tough for the roe deer of Malham Tarn.

23:00 When Celebrity Goes Wrong 02:00 SuperCasino 04:10 GPs: Behind Closed Doors

08:15 Ellen DeGeneres 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:35 Psych 11:25 Below Deck 12:20 Who’s Doing the Dishes? 13:25 Emmerdale 13:55 Coronation Street 15:00 Ellen DeGeneres 15:50 Jeremy Kyle 18:00 Judge Rinder 19:00 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Hell’s Kitchen USA 23:00 Plebs 23:30 Family Guy ITV 3 08:25 Where the Heart Is 09:25 The Royal 10:25 Judge Judy 11:50 Road to Avonlea 12:45 The Darling Buds of May 14:00 Heartbeat 15:00 The Royal 16:05 Where the Heart Is 17:15 You’re Only Young Twice 17:50 Doctor At Large 18:20 On the Buses 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Midsomer Murders 23:00 A Touch of Frost ITV 4 08:05 Hogan’s Heroes 09:00 The Professionals 10:00 Ironside 11:05 The Sweeney 12:10 The Chase 13:10 Counting Cars 14:05 Pawn Stars 15:05 Hogan’s Heroes 16:05 Ironside 17:15 The Professionals 18:15 The Sweeney 19:15 Counting Cars 20:10 Pawn Stars 20:40 Live: International Friendly Football - France v Spain 23:00 Lethal Weapon

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Wednesday TV 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Holding Back the Years 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Fugitives 12:45 Fake Britain 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Code 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Money for Nothing 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 21:00 MasterChef John Torode and Gregg Wallace return to put 64 more amateur cooks to the test. The first eight hopefuls begin by creating a dish using ingredients chosen from the new ‘MasterChef market’, stocked full of produce from all over the world, including pork mince, halibut and pancetta.

22:00 DIY SOS: The Big Build Nick Knowles, his team and a group of volunteers are in Monmouth, Wales, to transform the family home of Charlotte, a mother recovering from a stroke that left her with brain damage, speech loss and partial paralysis. The current layout of her home makes it difficult for Charlotte to move around and have her physiotherapy treatment, so the team redesign the house to make things easier for her, her husband Rob and their children.

07:30 Fugitives 08:15 Money for Nothing 09:00 Mary Berry Everyday 09:30 Great British Railway Journeys 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 12:30 Daily Politics 14:00 Two Tribes 14:30 Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 15:00 The TV That Made Me 15:45 Who Do You Think You Are? 16:45 More Creatures Great and Small 17:15 Life Story 18:15 Antiques Road Trip 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 The Repair Shop

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Chopping Block 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News

20:00 Great Continental Railway Journeys Michael embarks on an actionpacked adventure from the Italian Riviera to the Austrian Alps.

21:00 Little Big Shots Tonight Dawn French comes face to face with herself in puppet form when she meets a 12 year old ventriloquist from Oklahoma; attempts to outwit a 7 year old spelling champion; and is bowled over by a 5 year old who’s won 48 trophies for Irish dancing.

21:00 Stargazing LIVE This time unprecedented views of Saturn are the big prize. Astronomer Greg Quicke will be revealing more ancient tales from the indigenous astronomers of Australia, and showing us the remarkable link between the moon and the Great Barrier Reef.

22:00 Incredible Medicine: Dr Weston’s Casebook Gabriel Weston uncovers the cases of an engineer who fixed his own heart, a toddler whose bones were repaired before he was even born, and a girl whose immune system attacked her own brain.

23:00 Mock the Week 23:00 News 23:45 Peter 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 Kay’s Car Share 00:15 A American Justice 01:15 Question of Sport 00:45 The Secrets of Your Food Beauty Queen and Single 02:15 The Sheriffs Are 01:15 Weather for the Coming 03:15 This Is BBC Two Week Ahead 01:20 News

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20:00 Emmerdale Chas confronts Faith.

20:30 Coronation Street Rosie is torn over a job offer.

22:00 Benidorm Loretta takes Jodie back to the UK for her advertisement shoot, but offers Rob her swanky Hotel Beltoro room in case he gets lucky. Billy and Sheron think some role play will spice things up in the romance department, but Eddie has his eye on the room too, hoping to entice Jacqueline.

23:00 The Nightly Show 23:30 News 00:15 When Phillip Met Prince Philip: 60 Years of The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award 01:15 The Nightly Show 01:40 Jackpot247 04:00 1000 Heartbeats 04:50 ITV Nightscreen

07:00 Countdown 07:45 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:05 Frasier 11:05 Undercover Boss USA 12:05 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 13:00 News 13:05 Vet on the Hill 14:05 Posh Pawn 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 H o l l y o a k s 20:00 News 21:00 Hidden Restaurants with Michel Roux Jr Michel travels around the South East and uncovers great food at a concrete military fort at sea and a restaurant made of scaffolding and plastic sheeting.

22:00 The Royal House of Windsor The final episode of the series focuses on the most outspoken heir to the throne, Prince Charles, and the radically different vision of the monarchy he promised for his own reign.

From a young age, Charles was determined to do something important with his position in the royal family, doing so as he set up the Prince’s Trust charity to help unfashionable causes, and also weighed in on controversial political issues across the years.

23:00 999: What’s Your Emergency? 00:05 Bare Knuckle Fight Club 01:25 Mutiny 02:20 First Contact: Lost Tribe of the Amazon 03:15 Film - I Love You Phillip Morris (15) 04:50 Kirstie’s Handmade Treasures

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 To B&B the Best 13:10 News 13:15 Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:20 NCIS 16:20 Film - Killer Switch 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 America’s Hidden Pyramid City: Ancient Mysteries Archaeologists John Kelly and Tim Pauketat reveal evidence of a once great civilisation who built a thriving metropolis in the heart of North America over a thousand years ago.

21:00 GPs: Behind Closed Doors A woman visits the surgery with symptoms of stomach cancer and after an examination she is referred for further tests. Meanwhile, Dr Tailor must call upon all of his medical training when he meets a patient suffering from an extremely rare genetic disorder.

22:00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! The officers chase a debt of almost £2,000 in unpaid parking fines, and later encounter the extraordinary case of a debt of £80,000 owed by a hotel owner to his ex-girlfriend.

23:00 One Night With My Ex 00:05 Michael Jackson’s This Is It 02:05 SuperCasino 04:10 Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next 05:00 Britain’s Greatest Bridges 05:45 House Doctor

07:00 You’ve Been Framed! 07:25 Who’s Doing the Dishes? 08:15 Ellen DeGeneres 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 You’ve Been Framed! 10:35 Psych 11:25 Below Deck 12:20 Who’s Doing the Dishes?

13:25 Emmerdale 13:55 You’ve Been Framed!

15:00 Ellen DeGeneres 15:50 Jeremy Kyle 18:00 Judge Rinder 19:00 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Film - Hellboy II: The Golden Army (14) ITV 3 07:25 Heartbeat 08:25 Where the Heart Is 09:25 The Royal 10:25 Judge Judy 11:50 Road to Avonlea 12:50 The Darling Buds of May 13:55 Heartbeat 15:00 The Royal 16:00 Where the Heart Is 17:10 You’re Only Young Twice 17:45 Doctor At Large 18:20 On the Buses 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Lewis 23:00 A Touch of Frost ITV 4 07:50 Hogan’s Heroes 08:50 The Professionals 09:55 Ironside 10:55 The Sweeney 11:55 The Chase 13:00 Counting Cars 13:55 The Car Chasers 14:25 Pawn Stars 14:50 Hogan’s Heroes 15:55 Ironside 17:00 The Professionals 18:00 The Sweeney 19:05 Counting Cars 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 River Monsters 22:00 Film - Cliffhanger (15)

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21:00 MasterChef Another eight hopefuls are given just 80 minutes to invent and cook one dish from the ingredients available in the MasterChef market. On offer today are poussin, lamb rack and duck breast as well as mussels, prawns and crab.

22:00 Galapagos Liz Bonnin joins a research expedition across the Galapagos Islands, the vast archipelago where evolution has proceeded at an extraordinary pace. The journey begins on the west side, home to a richly diverse wildlife scene, where Liz and the scientists journey into the clouds above the islands’ tallest volcano on a hunt for the endangered pink iguana.

Liz also travels to one of the most remote locations in the Galapagos in search of giant tortoises.

23:00 News 23:45 Question Time 00:45 This Week 01:30 Weather 01:35 News

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07:30 Fugitives 08:15 Money for Nothing 09:00 Gardeners’ World 09:30 Great British Railway Journeys 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Two Tribes 14:30 Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 15:00 The TV That Made Me 15:45 Who Do You Think You Are? 16:45 More Creatures Great and Small 17:15 Life Story 18:15 Antiques Road Trip 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 The Repair Shop 20:00 Great Continental Railway Journeys Armed with his 1913 “Bradshaw’s Continental Railway Guide”, Michael Portillo ventures to the northernmost reaches of Europe where he braves the freezing temperatures of the Baltic Sea. 21:00 Stargazing LIVE From their remote mountain top beside the vast Warrumbungle National Park, Brian and Dara will be sharing another night of beautiful views, wandering kangaroos and spectacular landscapes.

22:00 The Last Kingdom Uhtred is thrown in chains on a ship, and Hild and Ragnar embark on their mission to free him and the lords of the north congregate in Eoferwic.

23:00 The Premier League Show 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 Top Gear 01:15 Top Gear: Extra Gear 01:40 Meet the Lords 02:40 Britain on the Fiddle 03:40 This Is BBC Two

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Chopping Block 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale Ashley joins in the merriment.

20:30 Tonight Jonathan Maitland investigates ways people might be able to look younger and live longer while remaining healthy, and asks if it is really possible to reverse the ageing process.

21:00 Emmerdale Laurel is feeling determined.

21:30 Harry Hill’s Alien Fun Capsule Helping Harry fill the fun capsule this time are Ross Noble, David O’Doherty, Raleigh Ritchie and Gloria Hunniford.

22:00 Prime Suspect 1973 Bradfield sees a chance to get revenge on Clifford and diverts the team to carry out surveillance on the Bentleys and when Tennison learns of the operation, she is forced to make a split-second decision as to what is most important, her career or her family?

23:00 The Nightly Show 23:30 News 00:15 Speeding Wars 01:15 The Nightly Show 01:40 Jackpot247 04:00 Tonight 04:25 ITV Nightscreen

07:00 Countdown 07:45 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:05 Frasier 11:05 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 13:00 News 13:05 Vet on the Hill 14:05 Posh Pawn 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News

Thursday TV 07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 To B&B the Best 13:10 News 13:15 Police Interceptors 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:20 NCIS 16:15 Film - Fatal Fiancé 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords Kellie owes five months’ rent and refuses to leave unless the bailiffs arrive. Arvydas is quite happy living in his garden shed. Simon wanted to sell his house postbreakup, but the tenants are still there five years later.

21:00 Great British Buildings: Restoration of the Year The Victorian category comes into focus as Kevin McCloud and Anna Keay present more building restorations in the running for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ 21:00 Benefits Former bar Restoration of the Year manager and part-time drag queen Mark lost his award.

Spanish bar after a licens22:00 Three Wives, One ing dispute. Now home and Husband Abel Morrison claiming sickness benefits has three wives and 11 for depression, Mark is children, and his newest keen to get well enough to wife, Marina, is heavily work again. pregnant, so it’s a chaotic time for the family. 22:00 Rich House, Poor However, while his first House Bristol’s Caddy wife Suzie takes the chal- family trade places with the family from lenges of plural marriage in Williams her stride, his second wife Weston-Super-Mare. The Beth is struggling with Caddys spend more than Marina’s demands on their £1700 per week, compared husband’s attention - and to the Williams’s £110 things come to a head on weekly budget, and it the day of the birth. shows in a regimen of piano and tennis lessons, 23:00 Eyewitness 00:20 24 coffee mornings and reguHours in A&E 01:20 Flashy lar meals out.

Funerals 02:15 The World’s Most Expensive 23:00 Film - Dirty Dancing Food 03:05 Bare Knuckle (PG) 01:05 SuperCasino Fight Club 04:15 04:10 Tony Robinson: Dispatches 04:45 Coast To Coast 05:00 Unreported World 05:10 Britain’s Greatest Bridges Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 05:45 House Doctor

08:15 Ellen DeGeneres 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:00 You’ve Been Framed!

10:35 Psych 11:25 Below Deck 12:20 Who’s Doing the Dishes?

13:25 Emmerdale 13:55 Coronation Street 14:30 You’ve Been Framed!

15:00 Ellen DeGeneres 15:50 Jeremy Kyle 18:00 Judge Rinder 19:00 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Film Coyote Ugly (PG) 23:00 Family Guy 23:30 Celebrity Juice ITV 3 08:25 Where the Heart Is 09:25 The Royal 10:25 Judge Judy 11:50 Road to Avonlea 12:45 The Darling Buds of May 14:00 Heartbeat 15:00 The Royal 16:05 Where the Heart Is 17:15 You’re Only Young Twice 17:50 Doctor At Large 18:20 On the Buses 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Heartbeat 22:00 Rosemary and Thyme 23:00 A Touch of Frost ITV 4 08:45 The Professionals 09:45 Ironside 10:50 The Sweeney 11:50 The Chase 12:55 Counting Cars 13:50 Pawn Stars 14:50 Hogan’s Heroes 15:55 Ironside 17:00 The Professionals 18:00 The Sweeney 19:00 Counting Cars 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 The Big Fish Off 22:00 River Monsters 23:05 Film - Rambo: First Blood (15)

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FILL IT IN

CODE CRACKER

Fit the words into the boxes.

Code Cracker is a crossword puzzle with no clues; instead, every letter of the alphabet has been replaced by a number, the same number representing the same letter throughout the puzzle. All you have to do is decide which letter is represented by which number. In this week's puzzle, 9 represents X and 18 represents M, when these letters have been entered throughout the puzzle, you should have enough information to start guessing words and discovering other letters.

DOUBLE CROSS-WORD Solve the Double Cross-Word puzzle using either the standard or cryptic clues, the answers are exactly the same.

2 letter words Is No 3 letter words Ago Ale Are Ban Bog Dab Dye Elm End Ewe Flu Lea

Lei Oak Oar Pal Rot Rye Sin Sow Ted Tie Ton Uke Via 4 letter words Abed Acme

CRYTPIC CLUES Across 1 Sound on a trail perhaps (8) 7 Quiet street to fleece (5) 8 Coral bean cooked in Spain (9) 9 Low order of animal but very wise (3) 10 Pass over little captain (4) 11 Hide seal in salty water (6) 13 Never-ending week’s shift makes one spit (6) 14 Acquires cue ball in delivery (6) 17 Apportions company stock (6) 18 Thing found in ammunition (4) 20 Stop filming a share of the profits (3) 22 Underlying principle, to do it wouldn’t please beer drinkers (9) 23 Calls of nature devastated ringleader Rosa (5) 24 Carte blanche for an unpaid employee (8)

Ages Bean Boer Bore Cony Cuss Data Dole Dolt Doss Dust Ease Elan Else Fees Halo

Lava Lean Made Ogee Ogle Ones Only Oval Roue Sane Sent Slat 5 letter words Bosun Stage Valet

Down 1 End of December decorations for dressing gowns (5) 2 White ant is a form of emitter (7) 3 Finished on top (4) 4 It’s unprincipled to let little Albert roam around inside (6) 5 Ocean going craft?

Hardly (5) 6 Understand how to convert into cash (7) 7 Send-ups are strange, I assert (7) 12 Fixes rapiers (7) 13 Respect drunken spirit (7) 15 May say goodbye to this choral composition (7) 16 The odd poem with Euro metal (6) 17 Let off when mates go out together? (5) 19 Scottish flower used to make rough material (5) 21 The poet’s said to be finished (4)

6 letter words Bathos Senate 7 letter words Castled Portals Tetanus Trefoil 8 letter words Boastful Semester

Across 1 Logical (8) 7 Trim (5) 8 Spanish city (9) 9 Night bird (3) 10 Hop (4) 11 Containing salt (6) 13 Metal pin (6) 14 Save (6) 17 Divides (6) 18 Item (4) 20 Dissect (3) 22 Reasoning (9) 23 Bellows (5) 24 Carte blanche (8) Down 1 Garments (5) 2 White ant (7) 3 Finished (4) 4 Shameless (6) 5 Small boat (5) 6 Comprehend (7) 7 Uses witty language to insult (7) 12 Mends (7) 13 Phantom (7) 15 Choral work (7) 16 Alloy of tin and lead (6) 17 Vapour (5) 19 Thick woollen fabric (5) 21 Finished (4)

Quiz Word

Across 1/24 Which League One team are nicknamed the Addicks? (8,8) 7/10 Which British tea clipper built in 1869 is preserved as a museum ship at Greenwich, London? (5,4) 8 Which arm of the South Pacific lies between Australia and New Zealand?

(6,3) 9 In Coronation Street, what was the first name of the character played by actor Peter Adamson from 1961 to 1983? (3) 10 See 7 11 Which financial services organisation currently sponsors rugby league’s Super League? (6) 13 What was the surname of the 40th president of the USA? (6) 14 What name is given to a dealer in textile fabrics, especially silks, velvets, and other fine materials? (6) 17 What was the title of country singer C W McCall’s only British hit single? (6) 18 What name is usually given to a long accompanied song for a solo voice, typically one in an opera or oratorio? (4) 20 What was the nickname of the former

American general and Republican president, Dwight D Eisenhower? (3) 22 Which 1992 film starred Whoopi Goldberg as a nightclub singer who dresses up as a nun to avoid the mob?

(6,3) 23 Elland Road and Headingley Stadium are both located in which city in West Yorkshire? (5) 24 See 1 Down 1 Phoebe who starred as Kate Beringer in the films Gremlins 1 and Gremlins 2: The New Batch? (5) 2 Österreich is the German name for which country? (7) 3 Pb is the chemical symbol for which heavy, bluish-grey, soft, ductile metal?

(4) 4 In Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, which character speaks the opening line, ‘If music be the food of love, play on’? (6) 5 What name is given to a priest’s silk vestment worn over the shoulders and hanging down to the knee or below? (5) 6 To what did Burma change its name in

QUICKIE Across

Down

1 Spectacles (7) 5 Vision (5) 8 Perfume (5) 9 Alluring beauty (7) 10 Beat thoroughly (7) 11 Flavour (5) 12 Fix securely (6) 14 Consummate intellectual (6) 17 Hot beverage (5) 19 Dead body (7) 22 Outlive (7) 23 Estate landowner (5) 24 Home (5) 25 Triumph (7)

1 Allow (5) 2 Passionate (7) 3 Mark (5) 4 Having handwritten signature (6) 5 Surprise (7) 6 Sheen (5) 7 Objectives (7) 12 Tropical shrub (7) 13 Elusive (7) 15 Form a picture of (7) 16 Approach (6) 18 Payload (5) 20 Souvenir (5) 21 Faces (5)

SPANISH-ENGLISH CROSSWORD

Improve your Spanish - Clues in Spanish, answer in English or vice versa.

Across 1 Campanas (de iglesia, puerta) (5) 4 Bebé (4) 8 Gallo (ave) (7) 9 Gulf (bahía) (5) 10 Pala (para cavar) (5) 11 Rayo solar (7) 12 Honrado (6) 14 El más seco (6) 17 To seem (7) 19 To leave (go out) (5) 21 Snobbish (person) (5) 22 Watch out! (7) 23 Bolsas (para llevar algo) (4) 24 Humo (de fuego, cigarro) (5)

Fill It In

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Span - Eng

Down 1 Joke (5) 2 Letras (alfabeto) (7) 3 Estrés (6) 4 Empezar (comenzar) (5) 5 Note (money) (7) 6 Saltamontes (11) 7 Bedrooms (11) 13 Orange (fruit) (7) 15 Rustic (pursuits) (7) 16 Precios (de productos) (6) 18 Buckets (pails) (5) 20 Key (door) (5)

1989? (7) 7 Which 1966 film musical, with music

by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, was based on a book written by Christopher Isherwood? (7) 12 House of Fun in 1982, was which group’s first British number one hit single? (7) 13 Which Italian dish consists of small pasta envelopes containing minced meat, cheese, or vegetables? (7) 15 Which small dried fruit, made from a small seedless variety of grape originally grown in the eastern Mediterranean region, is much used in cookery? (7) 16 Dorchester is the county town of which county? (6) 17 In Roman mythology, what was the name of the corn goddess? (5) 19 What name was given to a member of the American Indian people dominant in Mexico before the Spanish conquest of the 16th century? (5) 21 Which singer married top fashion model Heidi Klum in May 2005? (4)

SUDOKU

Last Week’s Solutions Quiz Word Across: 1 Baseball, 7 Abyss, 8/21 E pluribus unum, 9 Mat, 10 Yuan, 11 Mutiny, 13 Discus, 14 Fescue, 17 Bikini, 18 Toga, 20 Tar, 22 Lemon curd, 23 Synod, 24 Clematis.

Down: 1 Beefy, 2 Sultans, 3 Biro, 4 Labour, 5 Pygmy, 6 Isotope, 7 Assizes, 12 Cuckold, 13 Dentist, 15 Croquet, 16 Enamel, 17 Brine, 19 Andes.

Double Crossword Across: 1 Digests, 5 Shake, 8 Noted, 9 Episode, 10 Escalates, 12 Ace, 13 Stress, 14 Relics, 17 Nun, 18 Clearance, 20 Ancient, 21 Infer, 23 Scent, 24 Engines.

Down: 2 Get, 3 Saddles, 4 Sweets, 5 Slips, 6 Adoration, 7 Eyeless, 11 Chronicle, 13 Sandals, 15 Earring, 16 Gentle, 18 Crept, 19 Earls, 22/1 Fan dance.

Quickie

Riddle Above A telephone.

Code Cracker

Across: 1 Clasp, 4 Tactic, 9 Gorilla, 10 Terms, 11 Even, 12 Sincere, 13 Ray, 14 Able, 16 Site, 18 Ash, 20 Outdoor, 21 Eats, 24 Smear, 25 Stature, 26 Ponder, 27 Needs.

Down: 1 Cygnet, 2 Agree, 3 Pale, 5 Astonish, 6 Torment, 7 Cashew, 8 Daisy, 13 Resource, 15 Between, 17 Gossip, 18 Arise, 19 Assess, 22 Acute, 23 Gain.

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Technology

RICHARD CAVENDER

BlueMoon Solutions www.bluemoonsolutions.es

BlueMoon Solutions is the computer and IT services company on the Costa Blanca.

BlueMoon Solutions comes to you at home or at work. Their personal service covers from Alicante to Pilar de la Horadada.

ADVICE: Lynne had an opinion of Windows 10 to share along with a question about uTorrent

Richard moved to Spain ten years ago having left his management background behind in the UK and decided to use his IT skills to help home users and small businesses with their PC problems. Now a relaxed 'computer man' he is out and about in the Spanish sun every day, making house and shop calls and using his vast experience and qualifications to sort out the problem there and then.

Computers are his hobby as well as his work so don’t be surprised to get an answer to your email in the early hours!

ADVICE: Kathy wanted to know how to stop the “Microsoft Scam” telephone calls

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Hi Richard, wonder if you can help me. First let me say in no uncertain terms I HATE WINDOWS 10. Ok. Feel better now. So, I have used uTorrent for a long time to download books onto my kindle. Recently I've been getting the message "a newer version is already running. Close it down to continue." I can't close it! I've tried to uninstall it. Message says I don't have the authority to do this!

Cheeky beggars! My daughter has tried to sort it and has gotten nowhere. Any ideas?

Lynne

Lol no you say what you feel

I love Windows 10, I think it’s by far their best operating system, but I would be interested to understand what exactly you dislike so much about it.

In terms of closing uTorrent, you will probably find it down in the bottom right of the screen, there is a little ^ sign, click on that and then right click on the uTorrent icon and chose the option to exit.

Hi Richard, for well over a year, have these dreadful Indian Microsoft scammers phoning me up on landline. Despite having new laptop, they still seem to have my details. I have Panda security on laptop. Is there anything else you can suggest? My provider says he can’t help with this. Thanks. Kathy.

Hi Kathy, I'm sorry to hear that you're having problems with them, they really are a pain in the rear. I'm afraid they have no connection to your laptop, computer or Internet connection though, they are simply ringing you on the off chance that you have a computer and that they can scam you - the fact that you have changed your computer is irrelevant really, you still have a phone and they will still keep ringing.

I have heard a number of inventive ways that people have used to discourage them from ringing you, from blowing a whistle down the line to keeping them holding on for as long as you can to waste as much of their time as possible, maybe you can think of an inventive way to discourage them - if you do, then let me know

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How to avoid back pain when driving Four out of five people suffer from lower back pain.

And while cars might not be the primary cause, they certainly aggravate the problem. But rather than blaming car makers for making uncomfortable seats, experts think many drivers should look in the mirror.

Osteopaths and chiropractors agree that many of us are in too much of a hurry to get going rather than taking the time to set the driving position up properly.

However, that doesn’t entirely absolve car companies of blame. Although significantly better than even a decade ago, cars it seems still aren’t as kind to our backs as they could be.

Rishi Loatey from the British Chiropractic Association (BCA) said: “The trouble is cars are designed for the average person. But we are all different shapes and sizes.”

Osteopath Brian McIlwraith conducted extensive research in the midNineties into the effect that driving various cars has on our backs. Although he believes car makers have identified and solved many of the problems, he added: “There are still some cars

where the wheel is at an angle which makes the driver’s shoulders rotate compared to their pelvis. I’d also like to see more cars with adjustable lumbar support that goes up and down to enable different heights of driver to get comfortable.”

The BCA’s Rishi Loatey said: “Car makers are making a decent fist of it but they could probably do more. I had one patient who bought a new version of the same model of car. The manufacturer had moved the gear lever up and forwards so from being perfectly comfortable my patient had a car that caused her back problems.”

Robin Lansman, president of the Institute of Osteopathy, agrees with Loatey and McIlwraith that drivers could do more to make themselves comfortable. He says: “People just want to jump into their car and go. Then when they

have a problem they come to see us. They don’t act pre-emptively so really they are not getting value from the thing they’ve spent their money on.”

Of course, setting your car up to be comfortable is a very personal thing. All three experts believe people should consider the seating position more when they buy a new car.

Lansman said: “They choose cars on what they look like, the fuel consumption, safety, just about anything apart from how suitable they are for their back.”

However, car makers can only do so much. The major problem is that the human body isn’t designed to spend long periods of time sitting down. Doing just that is exactly what driving entails and it’s combined with using our feet which means we can’t support or stabilise our lower body, as we might when sitting in a chair.

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Friday 24th March 2017

Golf’s Smart Image Golf may seem as simple as hitting a white ball into a hole, but scratch the surface a bit and you will find lots of social implications, writes JOHN FARMER. Originally, the sport was aimed at socialising, especially among upper class families, and therefore, dress codes were established to appeal to the social elite, but the great Payne Stewart(pictured above) loved a bit of fashion!

There does seem to be some ‘myths’ about dress codes that seem a little unbalanced and therefore unhelpful in a sensible debate about what is right – which at the end of the day has to make a decision about what is right.

The only thing that stays constant and will not change is that ‘things will change’. Golf rightly holds on to many traditions, but changes in trends, society and what people consider ‘smart’ dress is something that golf clubs have to consider and adapt to. Golf has changed hugely over time, including golf attire.

We no longer play in tweed jackets, shirt and ties as the likes of Harry Vardon did. Trainers have been a complete no-no in golf clubs – on or off the course.

But does relaxing a dress code lead to a scruff image? This needs to be taken into context and even parts of a golf club will ask their members and guests to

One Decade On

After a 10-year absence, La Vuelta de Alicante returns as a major cycling test across Alicante Province this May, with 20 of Spain’s leading cycling teams confirmed to be taking part. There will be Elite and under-23 categories for the three-day race.

The 22nd staging of the event will also have two foreign teams getting involved

between May 26th and May 28th, with the sport’s national governing body, the Real Federación Española de Ciclismo (RFEC) sanctioning the event as the biggest cycling competition in Alicante Province.

Representatives from all of Spain’s regions will be taking part, including a team from the Canary Islands.

respect certain dress codes – no one is saying it will be a free for all!

Golf is growing in Europe, Eastern Europe and North Africa. Experiencing different cultures and different attitudes to business and attire is revealing.

Growing the game of golf in new markets is essential to the health of the sport.

If the old traditions of dress codes were implemented in markets such as Russia – golf would just not take off. Dress codes are different and you either work with this, or have no one in the clubhouse! You have to work very hard to instill the great things about golf in new markets, but this surely is etiquette, honesty and respect.

In summary, this is not a black and white issue, as few are and courses will need to determine what is right for its circumstances, maybe the time has come to make some changes in the industry to progress the future.So should we be surprised or disappointed to have a dress code on golf courses?

Many sports have dress codes too for a variety of reasons, and change with the times, and do not have the same issues that golf sometimes has. It seems that it’s all a question of striking a healthy and intelligent balance.

Squalos Defeated

The San Javier Squalos women’s rugby team (pictured in blue), who are the current Murcia FERRMUR league champions, were edged out by 12 points to 10 in last weekend’s match away to CRUC Cartagena.

The Squalos fought back after conceding a try to go over twice themselves to take a 10 points to 5 interval lead. A converted second

half try put the home side back in front, and CRUC withstood tremendous Squalos pressure to hold on for victory.

In the men’s senior league, ITV Vega Baja Oirhuela could only manage one try at home to CRUC Cartagena on Saturday, with the visitors running out 3513 victors at the Miguel Hernández sports ground.

Cobras News

The S.F. Costa Cobras RFC have officially been confirmed as a feeder club for CRU Elche, which means that the Cobras can have borrow players from them to play matches in preparation for joining the Valencia League.

The Cobra juniors will also have a chance to play regular rugby as well for Elche.

Last week the Cobras held an official presentation of their shirts, as a thank you to their sponsors the Power Pub in San Fulgencio; Legal and Tax in Spain; and Autocenter

Rojales, as well as an appreciation for the support from the San Fulgencio council.

The club train at the San Fulgencio football ground on Monday and Wednesday from 8.30 pm to 10.00 pm, before moving to their adopted “clubhouse” of the Power Pub. All of the players are currently training at the same time, but once there are more juniors and seniors, then the training sessions will be split.

For more details about the Cobras, call Dutch, on 692 767 242.

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Out Of The Zone!

CD TORREVIEJA 4 Torrevieja have done what seemed impossible back in early February, and lifted themselves out of the Valencian third division relegation area, with last Sunday’s expected win over bottom club Segorbe. The match didn’t go exactly to the script early on, before a Sergio Durán hat-trick sealed the deal for Torry.

Crucially, the three points, plus with all of the other relegation rivals again choosing to lose their matches for a second successive weekend, meant that Torry have gone above Bunol in the table, and also another side, Almazora, have come into play, just two points above them.

Crucially, Almazora entertain Bunol this weekend, as Torry will look to make it five wins out of their last six matches this Sunday at Silla.

Last Sunday’s match at the Nelson Mandela stadium saw Torry trailing to Segorbe by a goal to nil on the hour mark, though the previous weekend, promotion-contenders Villarreal could only beat them onenil, which showed that they were not going to be a rollover. Torry President Vicente Boix was spitting feathers from the main stand, with his exasperation as much over refereeing incompetence from match official Pérez Alcocer, who allowed a blatant foul to go unpunished which provided Segorbe their first attempt

Sunday Slaughter

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on goal, which naturally they converted early in the second half.

It is no exaggeration to say that Torrevieja should been six up by the interval, but the ball simply would not go in the net. Duran cracked the crossbar; Lewis Allen screamed a volley high; Borja Mir and Molina were inches short of connecting with tantalising crosses; whilst Pastor was being hauled all over the shop to prevent him from scoring.

When Segorbe took the lead in the 53rd minute through Borja, the Torry President wondered if someone up there simply had it in for him!

Thankfully Durán, making only his second start, had other ideas. The stocky midfielder made himself the winner at the end of a Kana cross on 62 minutes to level the score and four minutes later connected with a Damian corner to edge his side ahead.

Dissatisfied with that, he then took the next corner from the left and with his right foot honed to perfection, sailed the ball over everyone and into the top far corner of the net to complete his hat-trick to ensure Torry would collect all three points to lift themselves out of the relegation group.

Pastor completed the scoring six minutes from time with a superbly timed jump to head home from an equally well-judged cross from Vicente Boix.

He was delighted to be

back on the scoresheet and to round off a fabulous day for a resolute side that would not countenance defeat, even when decisions went against them and they were having to come from behind.

Captain Javi Meca will return for Sunday’s match in Silla, having missed the Segorbe game due to suspension.

First choice keeper Jose Carlos may return to action, though he still has his injured fingers tightly strapped, whilst Luis Carlos may be back in contention, having to sit out Sunday’s match with injury.

Torry are now playing like their lives depend upon it in complete contrast from a side that has been second-best for the majority of the season.

Their division three status certainly does and it is refreshing to see such drive and desire from a side that has generally been second best for much of the season.

Manager Pedereno deserves high praise for inspiring this team and for integrating no less than twelve new players since January, and improving the quality of those already there like Martin and Lewis Allen.

They key thing is that Torry’s fate lies in their own hands, and they have eight matches remaining, with a target of getting 11 more points viewed as making things safe in hitting the 40 point mark.

CD OLIMPIC 6 CD ALMORADI 0 Almoradi knew that it wasn’t going to be a Sunday teatime stroll at runaway third division leaders Olimpic, and they left with the tail between their legs after this comprehensive thrashing, and knowing that local rivals Torrevieja are climbing up the table and out of trouble (see opposite column). Six points behind Torry and Bunol, and having played a game more, means that the odds are stacking up high again on avoiding the drop, despite a promising burst of results a few weeks ago to breath life into what was looking like a dead season.

Two goals in the dying minutes made it even worse for Almoradi, who were also struggling with suspensions after suffering a cascade of

red cards in the previous weekend’s derby with Orihuela.

Up against unbeaten Olimpic, Almoradi did reasonably well early on, without looking threatening, before Marc Cosme put the home side ahead in the 24th minute. Manu had a half-chance for Almoradi, but they went in only one-nil down at the break.

It was all over within a few minutes of the restart, with Marc Cosme getting his and Olimpic making it three-nil through Pablo Redendo in the 52nd minute. Almoradi coach Joserra took the view that the fate was sealed for his players, and so rested some of his team ahead of the next game, and let some younger substitutes have a run out, as Olimpic got three more goals, including

Cosme securing a hat-trick some three minutes from time.

Almoradi entertain Rayo Ibense this Sunday, and once again appear to have reached the point where they must win, with what is going on above them.

Orihuela shared six goals with promotion-chasing Villarreal, with Orihuela six points off four place occupied by Villarreal, and now go to bottom team Segorbe.

Elche Ilicitano, having done a favour to Torrevieja and Almoradi by beating Bunol one-nil, can repeat the favour once again by defeating second-bottom Muro at home this weekend, whilst Crevillente entertain four-placed Ontinyent, having gone down one-nil at Novelda.

Monte’s Return

Leaders of the Valencia regional Segunda Group 16 table, CD Montesinos, are back in action this weekend, after a break in local action last Sunday due to Father’s Day. They take on the division’s whipping boys TD Montesinos at the Montesinos municipal sta-

dium this Sunday afternoon, who saw nine put past them by secondplaced Benijofar in their last fixture, and just have a paltry point to their name. CD Montesinos had a friendly match last Friday against Guardamar, which finished in a one-all draw.

Monte lead Benijofar by

three points with a match in hand, with Benijofar having a second-successive blank weekend in front of them.

Crucially, third-placed CD Murada, who have a game in hand over Montesinos and are four points off the top, entertain fourth-placed Callosa, who are just a point below them.

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Zidane Stays Calm Magnificent Messi

ATHLETIC BILBAO 1 REAL MADRID 2 Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane says Real Madrid's position at the top of La Liga is of little relevance to him after they maintained their two point lead over Barcelona last weekend after ending after ending Athletic Bilbao's seven-month unbeaten home run last weekend.

Aritz Aduriz cancelled out Karim Benzema's opener before Casemiro netted the winner with just over 20 minutes to play to seal a 2-1 victory.

But Zidane stressed that he refuses to take the lead Real hold for granted.

"It was important to stand up and be counted. We have 11 games left and we are the leaders, but it doesn't mean anything right now.”

"We won at a difficult ground and we were put through a lot, but at the same time we showed character. We know that there are more difficult games to go."

Zidane was questioned on his decision to opt to switch from a 4-3-3 to a 4-4-2 formation, and though it raised fears of an injury to the withdrawn Cristiano Ronaldo, he revealed that his tactical tinkering was little more than a ploy to close out the game.

He added: "Karim (Benzema) had a great game, at the end we found more balance with a 4-4-2. With the substitution, it is nothing to worry about with Cristiano Ronaldo - he can be replaced just like anyone else.”

Meanwhile, Gareth Bale says he is inching back to his best after completing his first full game for Real since mid-November.

Bale has been eased back into Zinedine Zidane's team since returning from ankle surgery but was sidelined again through suspension after he was sent off against Las Palmas at the beginning of March.

"It was very difficult fitness-wise but I am getting there slowly and I think with every 90 minutes now I will keep improving and getting better and stronger”, said the Welsh international.

"My injury still hasn't fully adapted yet. I've spoken to people who have had this injury before and it takes a bit of time to adapt back to playing full-time and everything so I have to be patient, but also I have to keep working hard."

Real Madrid return to action next month after this weekend’s blank fixture list due to another round of international friendlies and World Cup qualifiers.

BARCELONA 4 VALENCIA 2 Barcelona coach Luis Enrique paid tribute to Lionel Messi after the striker scored twice in Sunday’s win over Valencia to rack up at least 40 goals in all competitions for the eighth year in a row.

Messi put Barca 2-1 up just before half-time from the penalty spot and then latched onto a pass from fellow Argentinian Javier Mascherano to slam the ball beyond Diego Alves' near post and hit his 25th league goal of the campaign to maintain Barcelona’s pressure on the leaders, Real Madrid.

In addition, Messi has scored 11 times in the Champions League, four in the Copa del Rey and one in the Spanish Super Cup - with his tally currently standing at 41.

Messi first scored 40 goals in a single campaign in the 2009/10 season and has repeated that feat every season since.

"It's amazing, he's broken every record and will continue to break more," Luis Enrique told reporters. "How marvellous it is to enjoy Messi, no-one can touch his numbers, it's impossible for anyone to do what he has done apart from him. We'll miss him when he's gone."

Messi made his Barca debut in 2004 and became the club's all-time top scorer in 2012 against Granada, overtaking Spaniard Cesar Rodriguez.

In 2014 he surpassed the late Telmo Zarra as the top marksman in La Liga by scoring a hat-trick against Sevilla.

"He is the best of all time and we've gotten used to him doing this," said Messi's team-mate Gerard Pique.

"He has made it seem normal but we know how difficult it is and when he stops playing it'll be very difficult for anyone to surpass those numbers. We just need to enjoy the years we have left with him."

Barcelona return to La Liga action next weekend after the international break.

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Easy For Elche

GIMNASTIC 1 ELCHE 3 The Ilicitanos seem to be saving a lot of their better performances away from home this season in the Segunda division, and so it was last Friday evening when they were three-nil up within half an hour, with the home side getting a late consolation.

Gimnastic had not lost in their last five matches, whilst Elche's unpredictable form has marred their campaign. The visitors though took the lead in the 13th minute with a fine individual effort from Fabian in the 13th minute. The advantage was doubled 11 minutes later, when a Luis Perez cross was put into his own net by Djetei. Nino got Elche's third in the 31st minute, when he was on the receiving end of a ball from the wing by Hervias.

Gimnastic seemed to play a long-ball game lacking ideas, and though they changed tactics in the second half, Elche were rarely troubled. A fine header from Barreiro with five minutes remaining, gave the home team an outside hope of grabbing a point, which they failed to capitalise on when Mossa should have scored a second from a corner.

Elche are 11th in the table, five points off the play-off zone, and now entertain Zaragona this Sunday evening, who are four points behind them. Any slim chance of getting into promotion mix must start with a home victory as the Ilicitanos chase two successive league wins for the first time season, which sums up their frustrating campaign.

Anfield Bound?

Pique Penalised Liverpool are said to be battling it out with Real Madrid and Barcelona for the Atletico Madrid left-back, Theo Hernandez, who has had an impressive season on loan at Alaves.

Spain’s Cadena Ser claims that claim all three aforementioned clubs are keen on signing him this summer.

The report suggests Bayern Munich are also keeping tabs on him while Liverpool have made enquiries over his availability already.

Liverpool look to be in the driving seat and are understood to be willing to offer Hernandez three times the salary Real would be prepared to offer.

Hernandez, who is under contract with Atletico until 2021, has represented France at youth level.

FERGIE’S PREDICTION

Sunny Antoine

Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has told ESPN that he expects Spain's dominance in Europe to end in the near future as Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are getting older.

Spanish clubs have won the Champions League (Real Madrid twice, Barcelona once) and Europa League (Sevilla three times) for the past three years, and have three teams in the quarterfinals of the Champions League again this season.

However Ferguson, who won the Champions League twice during his 27 years in charge of Manchester United before his retirement in 2013, believes that another country may soon take over at the top.

"I think success is cyclical," he said. "If you think about the 90s, it was AC Milan. In the 70s, Ajax; and Bayern Munich in the 80s; Liverpool, in the 90s; Italy, AC Milan; then England had a great spell with three teams about six years ago all in the semifinal. We [Man United] were in three finals in four years.”

"I think the moment, the cycle is with the Spanish teams.

They're the best, and that's why they're winning it. But that will change, that can change. You know, (Cristian)] Ronaldo will get older, (Lionel) Messi will get older. Can they replace these players? And I think the cycle will change."

Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has been hit with a three thousand euro fine for comments he made about the state of refereeing in La Liga and the Copa Del Rey. The Spain international has been vocal in his criticisms several times this season following poor results for Barcelona. .

He has now been now been forced to pay the fine, which includes a figure of fifteen-hundred euros levied by the Competition Committee.

In the wake of Barca's shock 2-1 loss at the hands of Athletic Bilbao in January, the 30-year-old blasted referee Fernandez Borbalan and suggested that the Catalans should have had two clear penalties.

Then last month, he was again critical of match officiating, this time after Real Madrid's controversial 3-2 victory against Villarreall, which saw them come from 2-0 behind to salvage a win thanks to a harshly-awarded penalty.

Antoine Griezmann says he won’t leave Spain because he likes the weather. The Atletico Madrid striker has been linked with a number of Europe's top clubs over a possible summer move including Manchester United, as well as Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Reports have suggested that United are willing to match his 100 million euro release clause as they look to build for next season, but the star has dashed their hopes of signing him after he claimed he will not leave Spain because he loves the warm weather.

"Right now I don’t see myself at Barca or Madrid," Griezmann said while away on international duty with France. “Neither do I see myself outside Spain. I’m in Spain, where there’s a lot of sun Napoli goalkeeper Pepe Reina has withdrawn from the Spain - this helps.” "I need it to be happy in my personal life and to be squad due to injury, with the uncapped Kepa Arrizabalaga from able to play well."

Athletic Bilbao having been called up in his place.

Griezmann has made 40 appearances for Atletico this season, Spain take on Israel in a World Cup qualifier today before fac- scoring 22 goals and providing 11 assists. He is under contract ing France in a friendly on Tuesday March 28th. at the Vicente Calderon Stadium until June 2021.

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FIXTURES Friday 24th March 2017 FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFYING - EUROPEAN REGION GROUP D 18:00 Georgia v Serbia 20:45 Austria v Moldova 20:45 Republic of Ireland v Wales FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFYING - EUROPEAN REGION GROUP G 20:45 Italy v Albania 20:45 Liechtenstein v Macedonia 20:45 Spain v Israel FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFYING - EUROPEAN REGION GROUP I 18:00 Turkey v Finland 20:45 Croatia v Ukraine 20:45 Kosovo v Iceland INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES 17:00 Russia v Ivory Coast 19:00 Tunisia v Cameroon UNDER-21 FRIENDLY 20:00 Germany U21 v England U21 Saturday 25th March 2017

Neymar Respect

Barcelona striker Neymar has said that he would be worried about meeting Leicester City in the Champions League if both clubs progress further into the competition.

Barca face Juventus in the Champions League quarter finals, while Leicester take on Atletico Madrid having overcome Sevilla at the last 16 stage.

"In the Premier League you never know who is going to win or who will be champions, it is always a surprise," he said.

"Leicester are very good. They had a great season last year, they were Prem champions and therefore we need to respect them if we draw them in the Champions League."

Neymar has won two La Liga titles since arriving at Barca and was also part of the team that claimed the treble in 2014/15. He also hinted he could leave Barcelona for a Premier League club in the future, despite signing a new five-year deal with the club.

Neymar has revealed his admiration for some of the Premier League's biggest clubs and admitted the chance to work under Jose Mourinho or Pep Guardiola would appeal to any player.

"The Premier League is a championship that amazes me," he told The Sun. "I like the playing style and the teams. And who knows, someday, I would like to play at it, yes.

"I admire Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool these are the teams that are always there fighting.

"And then you have high-level coaches like Mourinho and Guardiola. These are coaches with whom any player would like to work."

Formula One racing’s bold new era of more dramatic and stimulating cars will finally become reality this weekend with Melbourne’s 2017 Australian Grand Prix kicking off the new F1 season.

Ten teams are fighting out the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship, with cars that the FIA have promised will be up to five seconds a lap faster than their counterparts in the first three seasons of the turbohybrid formula which began in 2014.

Following eight days of pre-season testing, in two sessions in Barcelona, it seems that the leading teams may be a lot closer than they have been since Mercedes’ three-year domination started. Ferrari have been very fast, with Mercedes not far behind and Red Bull and Williams also looking promising.

Lewis Hamilton is odds-on favourite to capitalise on Nico Rosberg’s retirement and recapture the Formula One world championship title this year – but can the Mercedes driver hold off the chasing pack?

Rosberg’s 2016 victory ended Hamilton’s two-year dominance in F1, and the German opted to retire at the top - becoming the first reigning champion to do so since Alain Prost in 1993 – instead of defending his crown.

All this means Hamilton is primed to re-claim the championship going into the inaugural race weekend of the 2017 season. Ironically, will Rosberg’s departure be bad news for Hamilton? Hamilton and Rosberg had a tense relationship and openly feuded at times, forcing Mercedes management to intervene. Crucially, however, the quick and consistent Rosberg also brought the best out of Hamilton — forcing him to up his pace in qualifying and on race day.

It’s Hamilton’s to lose, as most experts believe as he tries to clinch his fourth world title. And in doing so Hamilton would leave behind five great drivers who have three championships (Jack Brabham, Jackie Stewart, Niki Lauda, Nelson Piquet and Ayrton Senna) to join Vettel and Prost on four, and only Juan Manuel Fangio (five titles) and Michael Schumacher (seven titles) would then stand above Hamilton.

Joining Hamilton in the Mercedes paddock will be Valterri Bottas, who joins after four promising but altogether unspectacular years at Williams.

The Finn is yet to win an F1 race but has placed on the podium nine times, while he also finished above team-mate Felipe Massa in each of their three seasons together.

Pre-season testing in Barcelona suggested that Ferrari have appeared to make more than just in-roads into Mercedes’ prolonged dominance - there's a growing belief that the experienced duo of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikonnen could bring the constructors' championship back to Italy for the first time since 2008.

Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen could yet ruin Mercedes’ annual constructors’ championship party.

The dynamic Red Bull duo picked up a win apiece last season, with Ricciardo ending the campaign third - two places above Verstappen.

Their duel in Malaysia – which resulted in Ricciardo fronting Red Bull’s first one-two finish since 2014 – gave fans a glimpse of what these two can do.

Both have been touted as future champions, but Mercedes and Ferrari-shaped obstacles stand in their way of glory. Red Bull competing on a race-to-race basis this season would provide the sport with a muchneeded injection of excitement – and they certainly have the drivers capable of upsetting Hamilton & co.

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Barcelona sporting director Robert Fernandez is confident Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta will sign contract extensions.

Messi's current contract expires in 2018, having last signed an extension in the summer of 2014, while Iniesta's deal also runs out at the end of next season. "(Messi) will renew, as I've always said," Fernandez told Cadena Ser. "He is happy in Barcelona, he feels comfortable in the team and the environment is perfect.”

"I don't have any doubt (that he'll sign a new deal.) Looking into his eyes I see that he is happy at Barcelona. I don't want to speak too much, though, as I know that there are many repercussions with this topic. "[Iniesta] will also renew and he'll do it in his own time. I have no doubt that he'll renew and neither does he."

Fernandez also addressed speculation regarding Barca's search for a replacement for outgoing boss Luis Enrique, who will leave the club at the end of the season.

The club's sporting director ruled out a move for Juventus head coach Massimiliano Allegri, saying: "It is not true that (Allegri) is coming."

Luis Enrique's assistant Juan Carlos Unzue and Athletic Bilbao manager Ernesto Valverde are also both contenders for the role.

Fernandez added: "(Unzue) is someone who knows the club really well, including the system and the players, so he is prepared.

"Valverde has had several good seasons, not just at Athletic Club."

FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFYING - EUROPEAN REGION GROUP A 18:00 Sweden v Belarus 20:45 Bulgaria v Netherlands 20:45 Luxembourg v France FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFYING - EUROPEAN REGION GROUP B 18:00 Andorra v Faroe Islands 18:00 Switzerland v Latvia 20:45 Portugal v Hungary FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFYING - EUROPEAN REGION GROUP H 18:00 Bosnia-Herzegovina v Gibraltar 18:00 Cyprus v Estonia 20:45 Belgium v Greece SKY BET LEAGUE ONE 14:30 Swindon Town v Millwall 16:00 AFC Wimbledon v Southend United 16:00 Bury v Fleetwood Town 16:00 Chesterfield v Rochdale 16:00 Coventry City v Bristol Rovers 16:00 Gillingham v Peterborough United 16:00 Northampton Town v Oxford United 16:00 Oldham Athletic v Sheffield United 16:00 Port Vale v Milton Keynes Dons 16:00 Shrewsbury Town v Bolton Wanderers SKY BET LEAGUE TWO 16:00 Accrington Stanley v Grimsby Town 16:00 Barnet v Cheltenham Town 16:00 Blackpool v Hartlepool United 16:00 Cambridge United v Stevenage 16:00 Carlisle United v Crewe Alexandra 16:00 Colchester United v Luton Town 16:00 Crawley Town v Leyton Orient 16:00 Exeter City v Yeovil Town 16:00 Morecambe v Mansfield Town 16:00 Portsmouth v Newport County 16:00 Wycombe Wanderers v Notts County INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES 14:00 South Africa v Guinea-Bissau LADBROKES SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP 16:00 Ayr United v Dumbarton 16:00 Hibernian v Falkirk 16:00 Greenock Morton v Dunfermline Athletic 16:00 Raith Rovers v Queen of the South LADBROKES SCOTTISH LEAGUE ONE 16:00 Alloa Athletic v Queen's Park 16:00 Brechin City v East Fife 16:00 Livingston v Airdrieonians 16:00 Peterhead v Stranraer 16:00 Stenhousemuir v Albion Rovers LADBROKES SCOTTISH LEAGUE TWO 16:00 Annan Athletic v Cowdenbeath 16:00 Arbroath v Montrose 16:00 Clyde v Stirling Albion 16:00 Edinburgh City v Elgin City 16:00 Forfar Athletic v Berwick Rangers Sunday 26th March 2017 FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFYING - EUROPEAN REGION GROUP C 18:00 Azerbaijan v Germany 18:00 San Marino v Czech Republic 20:45 Northern Ireland v Norway FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFYING - EUROPEAN REGION GROUP E 18:00 Armenia v Kazakhstan 20:45 Montenegro v Poland 20:45 Romania v Denmark FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFYING - EUROPEAN REGION GROUP F 18:00 England v Lithuania

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Ferrari are favourites to win the Formula 1 world title as the new season starts in Australia this weekend, says three-time champion Lewis Hamilton.

Hamilton's Mercedes team have dominated for the past three seasons but pre-season testing suggested Ferrari have bounced back from a winless 2016.

"I see Ferrari being quickest," he said.

"They are definitely favourites."

But Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel said Mercedes were the team to beat, adding: "We are doing our best to catch up." See page 47 for a full preview.

HAKA TIME

England will not face New Zealand this year after a game between the All Blacks and the Barbarians at Twickenham on November 4th was confirmed this week.

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) was understood to be interested in a fixture between the world's top two sides before the end of the year.

However, England and New Zealand will not now meet until autumn 2018.

The Baa-Baas match against New Zealand replaces one previously announced against Australia.

Yes, it was only a friendly, but England could take a lot from Wednesday night’s one-nil defeat in Germany, ahead of the more serious 2018 World Cup qualifying business against Lithuania this Sunday (6.00 pm, live on ITV), writes ALEX TRELINSKI. A wundergoal from Lukas Podolski, in what was his farewell game, clinched the victory, but you also have to take stock that it was a second-string German side that England met in Dortmund, yet the positivity of what new boss Gareth Southgate has put into the players offered some useful glimpses in the kind of direction that he’s going in.

And of course Southgate can easily say that he was missing key elements from his squad. Harry Kane was an obvious miss, while Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson will add his growing authority to midfield when he returns after injury.

Big Dortmund pluses included Spurs midfielder Dele Alli looking impressive while Liverpool's Adam Lallana demonstrated the energy and creation that now makes him an automatic choice for England.

So to Sunday, and England currently lead Group F with three wins and a draw from their opening four matches, but failure to beat Edgaras Jankauskas's Lithuania this weekend could cost them top spot.

Jamie Vardy started up front against Germany in front of Marcus Rashford, though the Manchester United striker could lead the line against Lithuania. Southgate may be tempted to start with a three-man defence once again, like in Dortmund, and frontload the wings and attack.

Is Gordon Strachan set to be the latest Scottish boss to be given the chop? A stinker of a performance in a oneall draw with Canada at Easter Road on Wednesday sent shudders down the backs of every Scottish fan, with a vital World Cup qualifier to come against Slovenia on Sunday.

All eyes will be on Dublin tonight as the Republic of Ireland take on Wales in a massive group D match for both sides (8.45 pm, live on Sky Sports). The onus is on Wales to win as they aim to close the four-point gap between themselves in third place and the Republic of Ireland at the top of Group D, as only the group winners get automatic qualification. With three wins and a draw from their opening four fixtures, Ireland are in a commanding position.

Charlton Athletic striker Josh Magennis is an injury concern for Northern Ireland's World Cup qualifier against Norway at Windsor Park on Sunday (8.45 pm, live on Sky Sports.) Northern Ireland lie second in Group C, five points behind Germany with two wins for their four qualifiers.